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EPITAPHS 



FROM THB 



OLD BURYING-GROUND 



CAMBRIDGE 



WITH NOTES, 



WILLIAM THADDEUS HARRIS, 

JUNIOR S0PHI9TER IN HABTARD COLLEGE. 




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CAMBRIDGE: 
PUBLISHED BY JOHN OWEN, 



1845 



■ When al the first I took my pen in hand, 
Thus for to write, I did not understand 
That I at all should make a little book 
In such a mode." 

JOHN BUNYAN. 



CAMBRIDGE: 

METCALF AND COMPANY, 

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITV. 



PEEFACE. 



More than three years ago, having read in Presi- 
dent Quincy's " History of Harvard University," that 
the Reverend Henry Dunster, the first president of this 
institution, was buried in Cambridge, near the seat of his 
labors, I was led to look for his grave-stone in our old 
burying-ground. Though unable to find any inscription 
ao his memory, T soon became interested in conning the 
old Latin epitaphs, and began to copy and compare 
:hem with those contained in Alden's collection, and 
found much pleasure in thus passing some of my leisure 
lours. After a considerable number had been copied, 
t occurred to me that a collection of all the inscriptions 
inight interest other persons, and might be of some use 
to the biographer and the historian. With this im- 
pression, I was encouraged to continue what had been 
begun only for amusement ; and thus the present col- 
lection has been made, and is now offered to the 
public. 

The settlement of this town, originally called Newlon 
or the New Town, was begun in 1631. In 1632 was 
built "the first house for public worship at Newtown, 
with a bell upon it," and on the 11th of October, 1633, 
Rev. Thomas Hooker was ordained pastor, and Mr. 
Samuel Stone, teacher. Early in the year 1636, Mr. 
Hooker and his congregation removed to Hartford, 
Conn. " These people and Church of Christ being 



iv PREFACE. 

thus departed from New-towne, the godly people, who 
came in their roomes, gathered the eleaventh Church of 
Christ, and called to the Office of a Pastor, that gra- 
tious sweete Heavenly minded, and soule-ravishing 
Minister, Mr. Thomas Shepheard.'^^ Thus, on the 1st 
of February, 1636, was formed the first permanent 
church at Newtown. In 1636 an appropriation was 
made by the General Court for a public school, and in 
1638, Rev. John Harvard, of Charlestown, having 
made a large addition to this appropriation, the School 
became a College, bearing the name of its benefactor, 
and the town was called Cambridge. 

The first mention in the Town Records of a grave- 
yard bears date January 4, 1635, when, after various 
enactments, "It is further ordered that the Burying- 
place shall be paled in ; whereof John Taylcot is to 
do 2 Rod, Georg Steele 3 Rod and a Gate, Thomas 
Hosmer 3 Rod, Mathew Allen 1 Rod, and Andrew 
"Warner appointed to get the remainder done at a pub- 
lick charge and he is to have iii^ a Rod." 

As late as the year 1702 the grave-yard was leased 
out as a pasture for sheep, as appears from the following 
records : — 

"At a meeting of the selectmen, 10 March, 1700-1: 
Leiv^ Aaron Bordman requesting that he might have 
the improvement of the Burying-yard, (to keep sheep in) 
the selectmen did consent that he should have the im- 
provement of said yard, (for the use above mentioned) 
for one year next ensuing ; provided he would cut the 
gate of said yard in sunder, and hang the same with 
suitable hooks and hinges, also fix a stub-post in the 
ground, and a rail from post to post cross the gates, for 
them to shut against ; all to be done in good workman- 



PREFACE. V 

like order ; — which the said Bordman promised to do." 
March 31, 1702. '' It was then concluded, that Liev^ 
Aaron Bordman should have the improvement of the 
Burying-yard for this present year, he paying for the 
same six shillings." 

In the burying-ground there are several monuments, 
consisting of a horizontal slab of hard stone, resting 
upon a foundation of brick or slate. In the upper sur- 
faces of these slabs, are cavities, of various shapes, 
designed to admit a softer stone, or, perhaps, a leaden 
tablet, bearing an inscription. Either by the ravages of 
time, or by some sacrilegious hand, these tablets have 
been removed, and thus no memorial is left of those 
whose ashes rest beneath. In several places the foun- 
dations of monuments have been found, sunk beneath 
the surface of the soil. 

It is rather surprising, that, in this age of improve- 
ment, Cambridge should fall behind her neighbours, and 
suffer her ancient grave-yard to lie neglected. Interest- 
ing as it is from containing within its limits the '' tombs 
of the prophets," the spot is often visited by the curious 
stranger ; but it is to be feared that he as often leaves 
it with feelings of regret at its desolate appearance. — ^ 

Many of the tombs are without the names of the own- 
ers ; many of the grave-stones have been broken, and 
more are broken every year ; brambles abound instead 
of shrubbery ; and what might be a beautiful cemetery 
is converted into a common passage-way. Unfitting is 
it, indeed, that the sod beneath which rest the ashes of 
a Shepard, a Dunster, and a Mitchel, should be rioted 
over by every vagrant schoolboy. 

In the following pages will be found a complete trans- 
cript of the epitaphs in the burying-ground, from the 



VI PREFACE. 

earliest date to the year 1800. In the years succeed- 
ing 1800, with a few exceptions, the names only of 
those, to whose memory monuments have been erected, 
are given. 

The arrangement, nearly chronological, is according 
to New Style, in which, it must be remembered, the 
number of the year differs by one from that in Old Style, 
with respect to all dates between the 1st of January 
and the 25th of March, with which day the year began, 
according to O. S. For instance, under the year 1663, 
in this book, is a death purporting to have taken place 
March 5, 1662 ; this is probably correct by O. S., as 
the year 1663 would not commence till March 25th, 
but, according to New Style, the year 1663 began on 
the 1st of January preceding. 

In several instances the chronological arrangement 
has been deviated from, to avoid dividing a long epitaph. 
Such instances occur on pages 70, 113, &c. 

With regard to any discrepancies which may appear 
between the statements in the notes and those in Farm- 
er's excellent '' Genealogical Register," I will merely 
say, that I have, in all cases, followed the original Rec- 
ords of the Church and Town in preference to any 
other authority. 

Beside the Church and Town Records, free use has 
been made of Farmer's Register, Holmes's Cambridge, 
Allen's Biographical Dictionary, Quincy's and Peirce's 
Histories of Harvard University, Thomas's History of 
Printing, and of several town histories. 

I take this opportunity to render my grateful ac- 
knowledgments to Rev. Lucius R. Paige, the indefatiga- 
ble antiquary and matchless Town Clerk of Cambridge, 
both for his personal advice and assistance, as well as 



PREFACE. Vll 

for his kindness in giving me free access to the Records 
in his possession. 

To Mr. W. S. Tiffany, of the Senior Class in 
Harvard University, I am indebted for the design of 
the Vassall Monument, which graces my Appendix. 

Probable as it is that many errors will be detected in 
the following pages, it is hoped that such will be regard- 
ed with an indulgent eye, and not attributed to any want 
of care on the part of the author. 

Cambridge, Maj^, 1845. 



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CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS 



' Go where the ancient pathway guides, 

See where our sires laid down 
Their smiling babes, their cherished brides, 

The patriarchs of the town ; 
Hast thou a tear for buried love ? 

A sigh for transient power? 
All that a century left above, 

Go, read it in an hour." — Holmes. 



1053. 

Here lies y^ body of Ann 

Erinton Aged 17y^^- dec*^. 

Decern^ 25: 1653. 

" A sister " of the church ; mother to the wife of John Watson^ 
Sen., and probably to Abraham Errington, who died in 1677. The 
date of her death in the Town Records is 11.10.1653. 



1663. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

Elizabeth Cutter wife to 

Richard Cutter aged 

about 42 years died 

March 5 1662. 



The first wife of Richard Cutter. 
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2 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1668. 

MRS 

Catharine Chauncy 

Aged. LXVI Dyed Jan. XXIIII 

AN°Dom MDCLXVII 

The wife of President Chauncy; daughter of Robert Eyre, 
Esq. of Wiltshire, Eng. We have found, in manuscript, the fol- 
lowing epitaph : — 

" Upon y^ death of y* pious Mother in God 

M"^- Katherine Chauncy, deceased.24.11.67. 

Here lies enterr'd w*^ in this Shrine 
A spirit meeke, a Soule divine, 
Endew'd w^*^ grace, & piety, 
Excelling in humility : 
Preferring Gods commands above 
All fine delights, & this Worlds love, 
Whilest here she live'd, she tooke delight 
In reading, praying day, & night ; 
In faith she was a Puritan 
Daily from selfe to Christ she ran 
For aid & help, whilest here she staid : 
O This was y^ sweet, heavenly trade 
Of this renowned matron ! which 
Was to all saints a Pattern rich. 
Most richly fraught w'*" grace sublime, 
With meekenesse, & w"' love divine : 
By hope she live'd, in faith she stood 
Washt from her sins w"' X'' own blood : 
Active, & constant she was here. 
In heaven above y* palme she weares : 
W^^ X' she reignes, in heaven she sings 
Hosannas to her Lord, & King 

Death was y* key, w^^ let her out 

Pale ghastly death hath sent his shaft 
And hath by Chance nigh broke our heart 
Deaths volleys sound, sad stormes appeare, 
Mourning draws on : Poore Harverd feare, 
Least this sad stroke should be a signe 
Of suddeine future death to thine. 

J. B. 24.n.67." 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 3 

1069. 

John Remington 

died April y^ 6 

1689. 

Jonathan ) Martha Re 

Remington \ mington died 

Both in April 1669. 

Jonathan and Martha were the children of Jonathan and Martha 
Remington. 



1671. 

Francis Moore 

Aged 85 yeares 

Dyed the 20 day 

of Au[gu]st 1671. 

Francis Moore, freeman 1639, member of the church ; his first 
wife, Catharine, died Dec. 28, 1648, and he married Elizabeth 
Periman, Dec. 6, 1653. 



1679. 

Conditum 

hie est corpus 

Caroli Chaunc^i 

S. S. Theologia3 Baccalaur : 

et 

Collegii Harvardini nov-Angl. 

Per XVII annorum spatium, 

praesidis vigilantissimi, 

viri plane integerrimi, 

concionatoris eximii, 

pietate 

pariter ac liberali eruditione 

ornatissimi. 



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Qui obiit in Domino Feb. XIX. 

An. Dom. M.DC.LXX.I. 

et aetatis suse, LXXX.II. 

Rev. Charles Chauncy, 5th son of George Chauncy, of Hert- 
fordshire, Eng., was born at Yardley in 1592 ; came to N. E. in 
1638; settled at Scituate in 1641; president of Harvard College 
from November, 1654, till his death. His wife was Catharine, 
daughter of Robert Eyre, Esq., of Wiltshire, Eng. 



1673. 



Here lyeth intered the body of 

Samuel Bridge who was born 

February. 14. Anno. Dom. 1652. 

And dyed February, 25. Anno. Dom. 

1672. 

The Town Records give his birth Feb. 17 ; he was the son of 
Mathew Bridge, who was of the Ar. Co. in 1643, and who mar- 
ried Anna, daughter of Nicholas Danforth ; Mathew was son of 
John, — of Cambridge in 1632, freeman 1635, representative 1637, 
deacon of the church, and selectman 1635, 1637-1639, 1641 - 1643, 
1646, 1647, 1649, 1652, — whose wife was Elizabeth. 

Elizabeth y^ Wife 

of loNAH^ Clarke 

Aged : 41 : y'"^ Dyed : y« 

25 : Day : of : March 

1673. 

Her maiden name was Clarke, and she married Jonas Clarke 
July 30, 1650, being his second wife. The date of her death in 
the Town Records is March 21, 1673. 

Here lyeth interred 

the body of Thomas Bridge 

Who was born . June . 1 . Ann. 

Dom. 1655. and died March 

28. Anno. Dom. 1673. 

The Town Records give his birth June 1, 1656 ; he was a broth- 
er of Samuel, above. 



cambridge epitaphs. 5 

Nathanael Micthel 
Aged : 17 years : Died the 
15. Day : 5. Month : 1673. 

Nathaniel Mitchel, born March 4, 1656 (O. S.), was son of 
Rev. Jonathan Mitchel, and Margaret his wife, daughter of Rev. 
Thomas Shepard, whom he married Nov. 19, 1650. 

Sarah Hasting : 
Wife of Walter Has 

TING aged 34 years 

Dyed the 27 of August 

1673. 

The first wife of Deacon Walter Hastings ; her maiden name 
was Meen. See Walter Hastings, 1705. 

Walter Hasting 

Aged a. lly'^^ dec^. 

September y^ 19 

1673. 



1674. 

Iohn 

BOWTEL 

Aged 21 years 

Dyed the 10 1 : 1673. ^ 

The date of his death in the Town Records is 1.10.1663 instead 
of '73 ; he was the son of John and Margaret Bowtell, of Cam- 
bridge in 1646. 



1675. 

Elizabeth Woodmanse 

Daughter of John & 
Elizabeth Woodmanse 

Aged one yeare and 
6 weekes Died the 
2 of October 1675. 

" Mr. John Woodmancy and Elizabeth Clarke " were married 
July 23, 1672. 

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CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1676. 

John Poulter 
Aged 41 Died 
May 20, 1676. 



Ann Watson Aged 

Ten yeares Dyed the Tenth 

of October 1676. 



1677. 



Here lies y^ body of 

Abraham Erinton Aged 

55 y'^^ dec*^. May y^ 9 

1677. 

Abraham Errington, member of the church, married, 1649, Re- 
becca, daughter to Robert Cutler of Charlestown ; he was prob- 
ably the son of " Anne Errington, sometimes a sister of this 
[Cambridge] church." 



1678. 



Here lies y® body of 

Samuel Swaine. Aged 21 years 

Deceased June y^ 19. 1678. 

He was the son of John Swan, by his second wife Mary, whom 
he married March 2, 1655 (0. S.). The date of his death in the 
Town Records is 20.4.1678. 

Here lies y^ body of 

John Stedman aged 

36 y". Dec^. y« 24 of y"^ 9 

1678. 

John Stedman was son of Robert, freeman 1638, member of the 
church, and his wife Anne ; he married Elizabeth Remington, May 
14, 1666, and died of the small-pox, Nov. 24, 1678. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 7 

Memento te esse mortalem. Fugit Hora. 

Here lies y° body of John 

Watson Aged 25 y^^^ dec*^. 

November 25 Anno 1678. 

Son of John, Sen., and Rebecca, daughter of Anne Errington ; 
according to the Town Records, he died of the small-pox. 



1679. 

Memento mori. Fugit Hora. 
Here lieth the body of Ephraim 

Angier aged about 27 years 

departed this life January the 16^^ 

1678. 

The son of Edmund Angier and his wife Ruth, daughter of 
Rev. William Ames, D. D. 

Memento mori. Fugit Hora. 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of Anna 

GoFFE wife to Sam= 

UEL GoFFE aged 44 y^: 

Dec*^. in April 1679. 

The second wife of Samuel Goffe, Sen. ; her maiden name was^ 
Barnard. — 

Amos Wodward 

Aged 38 y'^^ Dec^. 

October y^ 9^^ 

1679. 



Here lies y^ body of 

John Gibson aged 

48 y^^: Dec*^. Octob"". y« 

15 . 1679. 

The son of John and Rebecca Gibson, of Cambridge in 1634, 
members of the church ; he married, first, Joanna Prentice, July 
24, 1662, and second, Rebecca Errington, Dec. 9, 1668. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Memento te esse mortalem. 
Fugit Hora. 

Here lies y^ body of Thomas 

Foster Aged 39 y'^^ Dec"^. 

Octob^ 28 1679. 

The date of his death in the Town Records, is 16.7.1679. 



1680. 



Ruth Wife to 
William Eger 

Aged 39 year^ 

Dec*^. Jan^ y« 6 

1679. 



Memento Fugit 
mori. Hora. 

Here lyeth buried 

y^ body of Elizabeth 

Belcher • who was 

formerly the wife of 

Andrew Belcher late 

of Cambridg deceased 

who departed this life 

June y«26 1680 

^tatis suae 62. 



She was the daughter of Nicholas Danforth, and grandmother 
of Crovernor Belcher. (See Andrew Belcher, Appendix.) 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1681. 

Uriani Oakesii, 

cujus quod reliquura est 

clauditur hoc tumulo ; 

Explorata integritate, summa morum 

gravitate, 

Omniumque meliorum artium insigni peritia, 

spectatissimi clarissimique omnibus modis 

viri, 

theologi merito suo celeberrimi, 

concionatoris vere melliflui, 

Cantab, ecclesiae doctissimi et orthodoxi 

pastoris, 
in Collegio Harv. Prsesidis vigilantissimi, 
maximam pietatis, eruditionis, facundiae, 

laudem adepti ; 
Qui, repentina morte subito correptus, 

in Jesu sinum efflavit animam 

Julii XXV. A. D. M.DC.LXXX.I. 

memoriae ; 

^tatis suae L. 

Plurima quid referam, satis est si dixeris unum 

hoc dictu satis est — Hie jacet Oakesius. 



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Urian Oakes, the son of Edward Oakes, who was freeman 1642, 
member of the church, selectman 1643 - 1646, 1648, 1649, 1655, 
1657-1664, 1666-1668, 1670-1678, representative, and who died 
at Concord, Oct. 13, 1689, and of Jane his wife, was born in Eng- 
land ; graduated at Harvard College, 1649 ; went to England, 
and was the minister of Tichfield, in Hampshire ; was silenced as 
a Nonconformist, 1662 ; returned to America, at the earnest request 
of the church of Cambridge, and was installed Nov. 8, 1671 ; 
freeman 1672 ; entered upon his duties as president of Harvard 
College, April 7, 1675, and died July 25, 1681. 



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Memento mori. xjj°n 

MicHELsoN Green 

Aged 7 M'' & 7 Days 

Died October y^ 21 

1681. 



1689. 

Memento mori. Fugit Hora. 

Here lyes y® Body of 

Edward Michelson 

Aged 77 years Dec^. 

March y« 7 1681. 

Edward Michelson, Cambridge 1636, member of the Ar. Co. 
1639, member of the church, was Marshall-General of the Col- 
ony ; he married Ruth Bushell. 

Here lyes y^ Body 

of Ellen Fox wife 

to Thomas Fox 

Aged 82 y^^ Dec'^: May 

27 1682 

She was the widow of Percival Green, who died Jan. 25, 1639 
(0. S.). 

Here lyeth buried 
the body of 

JUDETH PoASTE. 

Aged 57 years. 

Dyed y® 6 of 

June 1682. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 11 

1683. 

Memento te esse mortalem. 

Here lyeth interred 

the body of Elder 

John Stone aged 

64 years who de 

parted this life the 

5 of May 1683. 

John Stone, Sudbury 1640, member of the church ; Cambridge, 
freeman 1665, representative 1682 and 1683, was son of Deacon 
Gregory Stone, freeman 1636, representative 1638, one of the 
proprietors of Watertown, who died Nov. 30, 1672, aged 82, and 
of his wife Lidea, (whom, as the widow Cooper, he married in 
England,) who died June 24, 1674. 

Here lyes the Bo[dy of] 

John Taylor aged [73 years] 

Dec^. September 6^^ 168 [3] 

He was a useful man in Hi[s] 

Generation, a lover of Piety 

A Lover of Learning, a faithful 

Servant of Harvard Colledg 

About 40 years. 

John Taylor, freeman 1651, member of the church ; his wife'O 
name was Catharine. 

Here lyes y« body 

of Francis Whit= 

MORE, aged 62 

Years Deceased 

October 12 

1683. 

Francis Whitmore, Cambridge 1653, member of the church ; 
his first wife, Isabell, died March 31, 1665 (0. S.), and he married 
Margaret Harty, Nov. 10, 1666. The date of the death of Fran- 
cis Whitmore (or Whittimore) in the Town Records is Oct. 12, 
1685. 



12 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Elizabeth y^ wife 

of Francis Moore 

Aged 84 years y^ 5 

Day of November 

1683. 

She was the second wife of Francis Moore, Sen. ; her maiden 
name was Periman, and she married Mr. Moore, Dec. 6, 1653. 



1684. 

Qualis Vita, Finis ita. 

Here lyes inhumd y® 
body of Percivall 
Green who dyed July 
10^^ Anno ^tatis 25 
Annoq. Christi 1684. 

Percival Green, son of John and Ruth Green, grandson of Per- 
cival and Ellen Green, was born in Cambridge, March 29, 1660 
(0. S.), and graduated at Harvard College 1680, the first of the 
name at that institution. 



1685. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of Lydia Twing 

Aged 3 year 

& 9 Months 

Dyed y^ 30 of 

April 1685. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 13 

Here lyes the 
body of Thomas 

LONGHORN 

Aged about 

68 years Dyed 

May 6 1685. 

Thomas Longhorn, or Langhorne, Cambridge 1647; his wife 
was Sarah, daughter of Bartholomew and Elizabeth Green. He 
was the town-drummer, as appears by the following record, 
bearing date 5 (9.) 1646. "It is ordered by the Townsmen thai, 
there shall be fifty shillings paid unto Tho. Longhorne, for his 
service to the Town in beating the Drum this two years last past." 

Memento Mori. \ ^'^^^ 

Here Lyes y^ Body of 

Anna Fillebrowne 

Aged 18 Years & 10 M^ 

Dec'^. August 9^h 1685. 

Daughter of Gordon Fillebrown, of Cambridge in 1666. 



1686. 

Nathaniel 

Clarke in his 

gih yggj. Departed . r~\ 

this life June 

y« 14 1686. 



1687. 

Here lyes the body 
of Joseph Pierpont 

who departed this 

hfe y^ 25 of Feb. 1686 

in y^ 21 year of his age. 

Probably the son of John Pierpont of Roxbury, and grandson 
of James Pierpont of Ipswich, and if so, he was born at Roxburv. 
April 8, 1666. 

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14 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyeth intered 

y« body of Major Gen^^ 

Daniel Cookings aged 

75 yeares. who 

departed this life 

y« 19 of March, 

168?. 

Daniel Gookin came with his father, from the county of Kent, 
Eng., to Virginia, in 1621, whence he came to N. E. in 1644 ; he 
was admitted member of the Boston church, March 26, 1644, was 
dismissed to Cambridge, Sept. 3, 1648, freeman 1644, member of 
the Ar. Co. 1645, representative of Cambridge 1649 and 1651, 
selectman 1660-1672, Speaker of the House 1651, Assistant 
1652-1686, appointed Superintendent of the Indians in 1656 
(which office he held till his death) ; in 1662 appointed, with 
Mr. Mitchell, one of the licensers of the printing-press in Cam- 
bridge ;» elected major-general of the colony, May 11, 1681 ; his 
first wife's name was Mary ; his second wife, Hannah, died Oct. 
28, 1689. ^ 

Here lyeth buried 

the Body of 

Richard Frances 

Aged 81 year or 

There about died 

March y« 24 168 5 

Richard Francis, Cambridge, freeman, 1640, member of the 
church ; his wife's name was Alse (Alice). 



Here lyes y® body of 

Andrew Bordman 

who died July 15 

1687 & in y^ 42 

year of his age. 

Andrew Bordman, " Steward and Cook of Harv. College," 
was the son of William Bordman, — of Cambridge, and freeman in 
1652, member of the church, — and of Frances, his wife ; he mar- 
ried Ruth Bull, Oct. 15, 1609. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 15 

1688. 

Here lyes y® body of 

Anna Angier wife to 

Edmund Angier of Cam 

bridge Merchant Dyed 

the S^of October 1688. 

Being in her 58 year. 

She was the second wife of Edmund Angier, to whom she was 
married June 12, 1657 ; her maiden name was Batt. 

Here lyes y® body of 

M^^. Hannah Gookin 

Wife to Major General 

Daniel Gookin who 

Died October 29 

1688 Aged 48 years. 

The second wife of Major-General Gookin ; the Town Records 

give her death, Oct. 28, 1689. 

Here lyes y® body of Lieut. 

Edward Winship, who 

died December the 2 1688 O 

& in the 76 year of his age. 

Also y^ body of Elizabeth 

his wife who died the 

19 of September 1690. 

& in the 58 year of 

her age. 

The memory of y® Just is blessed. 

Lieutenant Edward Winship, member of the church, freeman 
1635, member of the Ar. Co. 1638, was selectman 1637, 1642, 1644, 
1648, 1650, 1651, 1662, 1663, 1673, 1682, 1684; representative 
1663, 1664, 1681-1686; his first wife was Jane, who died be- 
tween 1648 and 1651 ; his second wife was Elizabeth. 



16 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1689. 

Here lyeth buried 
y« body of Eliz 
ABETH Andrew, 
Wife to Samuel 
Andrew aged 57 
years Died y^ 24 
of January 1688. 

Her maiden name was White, and she married Samuel Andrew, 
Sept. 22, 1652. 

Here lyes y^ body of 

Sarah Bow wife to 

NicKcoLAs Bow Aged 

27 years deceased 

the 26 of January 

1689 

Here lyes their child. 

Nicholas Bow married, for his first wife, Sarah Hubbard, June 
26, 1684 ; [the date of her death in the Town Records is Jan. 26, 
1688 (0. S.) ;] for his second wife he marred Dorcas Champney, 
May 6, 1690. 



Here lyeth buried 

y® body of 

Francis Moore Jun^ 

Aged 69 years. 

Died February y« 23 

168^ 

Francis Moore, son of Francis Moore, Sen., by his first wife, 
Catharine, was admitted freeman in 1652, a member of the church, 
selectman 1674-1681, 1683, 1685-1687: he married, Sept. l', 
1650, Albee Eaton, 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 17 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lies the body of 

Jane Dickson Wife 

to William Dickson 

Aged about 73 years. 

Deceased December 

the 4 1689. 



In memory of 
Mr. Jacob Hill, 

who departed this hfe 

Dec^ 12^^ 1689 

in the 34^^. year 

of his age. 

This death in the Town Records is 12.10.1690. 



1690. 

Here lyes y^ Body 

of Habaiah Gookin 

son of Nathanael 

& Hannah Gookin 

who Died August the I 1690 

Being 6 Months 

old. 



Here lyes Buried 
The Body of Henry 
Thompson who died 

September 1690 
And 17 year 

of His Age. 

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18 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Memento Fugit 
mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y^ body of 

Rebekah Watson 

wife to John Watson 

Aged 65 years 

Died November y® 11 

1690. 

The memory of y® Just is blessed. 

Wife of John Watson, Sen., mother to Ann, John, Abraham, 
and Jacob, who died in 1676, 1678, 1705, and 1724 ; her maiden 
name was Erring ton, and she was the daughter of Anne Erring- 
ton, who died 1653. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of Robert 

Browne aged 

70 years 

Died November 

23 1690. 

Robert Browne, Cambridge, freeman 1639, member of the 
church ; he married Barbara Eden, May 8, 1649. 

Here lyes buried Hannah Hu- 
bert y^ loving wife of James 
Hubert a tender & loving 
Mother to his children. 
Careful of their souls 
&. bodies loving & faith 
full diligent and prudent 
who departed this life 
in sweet peace the 24 day 
of November 1690 
Aged about 48. 

She was the second wife of James Hubert or Hubbard, whom 
she married Jan. 8, 1667 (O. S.). 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 19 

Here lyes y^ body 
of Ruth Bordman 

wife to Andrew 

Bordman who 
died December 17 

1690 & in y« 40 

year of her age. 

Her maiden name was Bull ; she married Andrew Bordman, 
Oct. 15, 1669. 



1691. 



Elizabeth 

Nedam Wife 

to John Nedam 

Aged 36 years. 

Died February 

y^ 4 1690. 

Her maiden name was Hicks, and she married John Needham, 
Oct. 10, 1679. 



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Here lyes buried 

the body of 

John Green 

Aged 55 years 

Deceased y^ 3 of 

March 1691. 

John Green was the son of Percival and Ellen Green, of Cam- 
bridge in 1636, members of the church ; he married Ruth, the 
daughter of Edward Michelson, Oct. 20, 1656, was a member of 
the church, and succeeded his father-in-law in the office of Mar- 
shall-General. 



20 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lies y® body 

of William 
Manning Aged 

76 years 

Deceased y® 14 

of March 

1690. 

William Manning, Cambridge, freeman 1643, member of the 
church, selectman 1667-1670, 1672, 1676-1681, 1683; he was 
probably the person sent, about 1670, as a messenger to England, 
to invite Urian Oakes to come over, and settle in Cambridge ; his 
wife's name was Dorothy. 

Here lyeth interred 

the body of Deacon 

John Cooper who 

departed this hfe 

22 Day of August 

in y® year of our 

Lord God 1691 

& in the 74 year 

of his age. 

Deacon John Cooper was the son of Lydia, the wife of Deacon 
Gregory Stone, by a former husband, who died in England ; he, 
with his sister Lydia Cooper (afterwards Fiske), came to America 
with Deacon Stone (who was freeman in 1636), was freeman 
1642, married Anna, daughter of Deacon Nathaniel Sparhawk, 
was deacon of the church, selectman 1646, 1648, 1652, 1654, 
1656,1657,1659-1681, 1683, 1685-1690; Town Clerk 1669- 
1691. 



1693. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of Dorothy 

Manning wife to 

William Manning 

Aged 80 years. 

died July 26. 

1692. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 21 



Memento mori. tt ^ 



Here lyes y^ body of 

William Dickson 
Aged 78 years, Dec^. 
the 5 of August 1692. 

The memory of y® Just is blessed. 

William Dickson, or Dixon, Cambridge, freeman 1642, member 
of the church ; his wife's name was Jane. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

Elizabeth 

Sparowhawk 

aged about 47 

years died y® 9 of 

November 1692. 

Probably the daughter of Deacon Nathaniel Sparhawke. 



1693. 

Here rests y® body of 

Mr. Edmund Angier 

Merchant who left 

his earthly & entered 

into his heavenly 

house y^ 4^^ of March 

1692 ^tatis su^ 80. 

The memory of y® Just is blessed. 

Edmund Angier, Cambridge 1636, freeman 1640, member of 
the church ; he married Ruth, "the daughter of that famous light, 
Dr. Ames" (Church Records) ; she died July 3, 1656, and he 
married Anna Batt, June 12, 1657. 



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22 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes the 

body of Thomas 

Fox who died 

y« 25 of April 

1693, & in the 

86 year of his 

Age. 

The memory of y^ Just is blessed. 

Thomas Fox, Cambridge, freeman 1638, member of the church, 
selectman 1658, 1660-1662, 1664-1672, 1674, 1675, said to be 
a descendant of the historian of the martyrs ; he married Ellen 
Green, widow of Percival Green. At a meeting of the selectmen, 
12th of November, 1666, " Thomas Fox is ordered to look to the 
youth, in time of public worship, until the next monthly meet- 
ing ; and to inform against such as he find disorderly." (Town 
Records. ) 



Here lyes the 

body of John 

Andrew. Aged 

32 years who 

departed this 

Hfe 30 of May 

1693. 

The son of Samuel and Elizabeth, grandson of William and 
Mary Andrew. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of Barbara 

Browne Aged 

80 years Died 

June 1 1693. 

She was the wife of Robert Browne, Cambridge, 1639 ; her 
maiden name was Eden, and she married Robert Browne, May 8, 
1649. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 23 

Here lyes y^ body of 

Richard Cutter 

Aged about 72 

years died y^ 16 of 

June 1693. 

Richard Cutter, freeman 1641, member of the Ar. Co. 1643; 
his first wife was Elizabeth ; for his second wife he married, Feb. 
14, 1663, Francis Emsden or Amsden, the widow of Isaac Aras- 
den. 



Memento Fugit 
mori. Hora. 

Here lyes interred y® 

body of James 
Hubert who departed 

this life August 28 

1693 & in y^ 63 year 

of his age. 

The memory of the just is blessed. 

James Hubert or Hubbard, Cambridge, member of the church, 
married, first, Sarah Winship, Sept. 29, 1659, who died, Oct. 20, 
1665, and second, Hannah , Jan. 8, 1667 (0. S.). 

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Here lyes interred the body 

of M'* . loHN Stedman 

Merchant who departed 

this hfe in Cambridge the 

16 of december 1693 and in 

the 93 year of his age. 

''John Stedman came to N. E. in 1639, with the family of 
Rev. Josse Glover, in whose employment he was, and from whose 
estate some of his children received legacies " ; he was freeman 
in 1640, member of the church, selectman 1640, 1647, 1649, 1653, 
1655, 1669-1676 ; his wife's name was Alice ; she died March 6, 
1689-90, aged 80. 



24 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1696. 

Edward 

Russell son 

of William & 

Abigail 

Russell aged 

11 ]VK Died 

January 21 

1695. 



Jonathan 

Cane aged 

about 55 

years died 

March y^ IS 

1695. 

Jonathan Cane, son of Christopher and Margery Cane, of Cam- 
bridge in 1640, members of the church, was born March 27, 1640, 
and married Deborah Welch, May 14, 1674 ; she died Oct. 18, 
1689, aged 36 ; Christopher Cane died Dec. 9, 1653, and Margery, 
April 3, 1687, aged about 70. 



Here lyes y® body 

of Samuel 

WiNsHip aged 

About 37 years 

Died June y« 18 

1696. 

The son of Lieutenant Edward and Elizabeth Winship ; his 
wife was Mary Powter of Medford, whom he married April 12. 
1687. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 25' 

1697. 

Here lyeth Buried 

y^ Body of 

Mary Bonner 

y® wife of 

John Bonner 

Aged 32 years 

Dec^. April y^ 20^^ 

1697. 



Here lyes y® children 

of John & Alice 

Whiteing 

Alice Whiteing Aged 

2 years & 10 M<>. 

Died 

October 19 1697. 

Eunice Whiteing 

Aged 1 year Died 

November 4 1697. 



1608. 



John Bull son of 

Elisha & Deborah 

Bull aged 

2 years & 10 W. 

Died April y^ 2 

1698. 
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26 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1699. 

Sarah Swan 

Daughter of 

Gershom & 

Sarah Swan 

Aged 20 years 

Died April 25 

1699. 

Gershom Swan and Sarah Holden were married Dec. 20, 167' 



Here lyeth buried 
y® body of Mary 

Leverest who 

died July y® 7 " 

Anno Dom : 1699 

Anno Etatis 



Here lyes y® body of John 

Appleton y® eldest son of 

Coll**. John Appleton of 

Ipswich & Elizabeth his wife 

Aged 15 years & 10 M*». Dyed 

Septe"*. y« 24. Anno Dom : 1699 

& in y® first year of his 

admission into Harvard 

CoUedge in Cambridge. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 27 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 
Here lyes y^ body of 
Walter Hasting 
who died September 

25^\ 1699 & in 
the 21 year of his 

Age. 

Son of Deacon Walter Hastings, by his wife Elizabeth. (See 
Walter Hastings, 1705.) 



1700. 



Here lyeth buried the 
Body of Mr. Jonas Clark 
Ruhng Elder of [y^] Church 

of Christ in Cambridg 

Deceased y^ 1 1 of January 

1699 and jEtat. 80. 

Jonas Clark, freeman 1647, member of the church ; Sarah, his 
wife, died Feb. 20, 1649 (O. S.), and he married, July 30, 1650, 
Elizabeth Clark. 



Here Lyeth Buried y® Body of 
M^^ Elizabeth Sharp the wife of 

M^ John Sharp Merchant who 

Deceased on y® 9^^. Day of March 

Anno Domini [1699] And in the 

59^^ Year of Her Age. 



28 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of Capt. 

Jonathan Remington 

who departed this 

life April 21 

Anno Domini 1700 

and ^tatis suae 61. 

Jonathan Remington, born, probably in Rowley, in 1639 ; mar- 
ried Martha, daughter of Andrew Belcher, July 13, 1664 ; was 
town clerk, 1693 ; town clerk and treasurer, 1698- 1700 ; select- 
man, 1688, 1689, 1691-1694,1698-1700. 



Here lyeth buried 

y^ body of 

Jonathan Andrew 

Aged about 

30 years Depart"^. 

this life May y® 

8^^. 1700. 



Here lyes y® body of 

Mary Gove 

wife to John 

Gove aged 56 
years died 11 of 
September 1700. 

Her maiden name was Aspinwall ; she was married to John 
Gove, Oct. 6, 1658. 



cambridge epitaphs. 29 

Seeth Andrew 

Daughter to 

William & 

Seeth Andrew 

Aged 10 

yeares died 

September 

y« 21 1700. 



Here lyes y® body of 

M^^. Sarah Jackson 

Wife to Lieutenant 

John Jackson aged 
50 years & 8 M°. Died 

Novem^ y« 15 1700. 



1701. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of Samuel 

CooKE Aged 

17 years, Died 

February 10 , q 

1700. 

Son of Samuel Cook, and his wife Abigail Griggs ; Samuel was 
probably son of Philip. 

Here lyes y® Body of 

Iacob Amsden 

Aged 44 years. 

Died y^ 11 of June 

1701. 

Jacob Amsden was born Nov. 17, 1657 ; his father, Isaac Ams- 
den, married Francis Perriman, June 8, 1654, and died April 7, 
1659, leaving a widow, and two children, Isaac and Jacob ; Isaac 
married Jane Rutter, May 17, 1677. 

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30 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

y® body of 

Samuel Andrew 

Aged about 80 

years Died June 

y« 21. 1701. 

" Son of Mr. William Andrews deceased," and his wife Mary, 
who died Jan. 19, 1639 (O. S.), member of the church; married 
Elizabeth White, Sept. 22, 1652 ; town clerk and treasurer, 
1691, 1694 - 1696 ; selectman from 1681 - 1693, inclusive. 



1703. 

Here lyes the Body 

of M^s. Hannah 

GooKiN, relict of 

REVD ]vp. Nathanael 

GooKiN, late Pastour 

of the church of Christ 

in Cambridg. She died 

May the 14^^ 1702 in 

the 35^^ year of Her Age. 

Mrs. Gookin, born Aug. 27, 1667, was daughter of Captain Ha- 
bijah Savage, the oldest son and child of Captain Thomas Savage 
by his first wife Faith (who died Feb. 20, 1652), daughter of Wil- 
liam and the celebrated Ann Hutchinson. — Rev. Nathaniel Gook- 
in, her husband, was son of Major-General Daniel Gookin. (See 
Nathaniel Gookin, Appendix.) 

Here lyeth 

y® body of 

William Andrew 

Aged 44 years 

Died June y* 13 

1702. 

The son of Samuel and Elizabeth, grandson of William and 
Mary Andrew. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 31 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y« body of M^^. 

Elizabeth Hasting y® 

wife of Deacon 

Walter Hasting who 

departed this hfe July 23 

1702 & in y« 57 year 

of her age. 

Mrs. Hastings was the second wife of Deacon Walter Hastings, 
whom she married July 23, 1674 ; her maiden name was Bright. 



Memento Fugit 

mori Hora. 

Here lyes the 

body of 

Zachariah 

Hicks, who died 

Aug«^ 5th 1702 in y« 

74 year of his age. 

Zachariah Hicks, a member of the church, married Elizabeth, 
daughter of John and Joanna Scill, Oct. 28, 1652. -) 



Here lyeth y® body of 

Margarett y® Daughter 

of John Leverett of 

Camb"^. Esq. & Margarett 

his wife who died y® 

22^^ of Nov^ Anno Dom. 

1702. ^tat. 5 : 



32 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1703. 

Susanna 
Staesy Daugh'^ 

of Thomas & 

Hannah Staesy 

Aged 2 years 

& 8 M^ Died 

Jan'^y. 7^^. 1702. 



Here lyeth buried 

y® body of 

Lieu^ Andrew Bordman 

died January y^ 15^^, 

1702 

in y® 54 year of his age. 



Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y® body 

of John Swann 

who deceased June 

y« 5'^ 1708 in 

ye 33lh yggj. q( Jjjg ggg 

Also Mary Swann 

y® wife of John 

Swann who deceased 

ye iith Qf February 

1702 in 

ye 'jQih ygar of her age. 

John Swan, married, Feb. 1, 1650 (O. S.), Rebecca Palfory, 
who died July 12, 1654 ; he married Mary Prat, March 2, 1655 
(0. S.). 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 33 

Memento Fugit 

Mori. Hora. 

Here Lyes y® Body of 

Dorothy Burre 

Wife to Samuel 

Burre Aged 30 

Years Died y« 20 of 

February 1702. \ 



Sub hoc tumulo 

Depositae sunt Reliquiae 

CI. D. Jacobi Oliveri, 

Col. Harvardini quondam 

Alumni & Ornamenti ; 

Viri Arte Medica insignis 

& Virtutibus tam Divinis quam 

humanis vere conspicui, 
qui summo sui desiderio apud 
Omnes Valentes pariter atque 
jEgrotantes relicto. Decessit 
Octavo die Aprilis, Anno Domini 
MDCCIII, ^tatis XLIV. 



Depositum 

GuLiELMi Brattle 

nuper Ecclesiae Cantabrigiensis 

N. A. Pastoris Rev^'. Senatus Collegii 

Harvardini Socii Primarii 

Ejusdemque Curatoris Spectatissimi 

Et R. S. S. qui obiit XV« Febr", 

Anno Domini MDCCXVII et ^Etatis 

Suae LV. Hie requiescit in spe 

Beatae Resurrectionis. 

Dr. James Oliver, born March 19, 1658, graduated at Harvard 
College in 1680, settled as a physician in Cambridge, died April 



34 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



8, 1703, was " a man beloved, pious, and useful, above many." 
He was the third son of Peter Oliver, an eminent merchant in Bos- 
ton, who was son of Elder Thomas and Ann Oliver ; Elder 
Thomas came to N. E. in 1631, was admitted freeman in 1632, 
and died in 1637. 

William Brattle was born in Boston in 1662, and graduated at 
Harvard College in 1680, He was the son of Thomas Brattle, of 
Boston in 1657. He was tutor and fellow of Harvard College for 
several years ; ordained pastor of the church in Cambridge, as 
successor of Mr. Gookin, Nov. 25, 1696, and died, after a ministry 
of twenty years, Feb. 15, 1717, " respected as a man, a scholar, 
and a divine." 



1704. 

Here lyes y® 

body of John 

Gove aged 

about 77 years 

who deceased 

November y« 24^^ 

1704. 

His wife was Mary Aspinwall, whom he married Oct. 6, 1658. 



1705. 



Here lyes y® body 

of Downing 

Chamne aged 

25 years & 27 D^. 

Died June y^ 27 

1705. 

Downing Chamne, or Champney, was the son of Daniel, and 
his first wife, Dorcas, daughter of Thomas and Dorcas Bridge, 
whom he married Jan. 3, 1665 (O. S.) ; Daniel was the son of 
Richard Champney, — who was of Cambridge 1635, freeman 1636, 
and an elder of the church, — whose wife's name was Jane. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 35 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of Deacon 

Walter Hasting 

who died Aug'S y^ 5'^. 

in y® 75^^. year of his age 

& in y® year of our Lord 

1705. 

Deacon Walter Hastings, born in England, in 1631, was son of 
John Hastings — of Braintree, freeman 1645, who removed to Cam- 
bridge in 1655 or 1656, and was a deacon of the church — and of 
his wife Anna Meen ; Walter married, first, Sarah Meen, April 
10, 1655, and second, EHzabeth Bright, July 23, 1674 ; was dea- 
con of the church; and selectman, 1673-1681, 1683, 1685-1702. 

Here lyes y® body 
of Peter Town 

Aged 72 years 

And Teen Months 

Died November 

y« 2^ 1705. 

Born in England ; the son of William and Martha Town ; 
William Town died in Cambridge, March 30, 1685, aged 80 years. 



1706. 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes buried y^ 

Body of M«. Samuel 

GoFFE Sen'^. who died 

January y^ 15^^ 1705 

in y* [86^**] year of his age. 

Samuel Goffe, born in England ; married Hannah Barnard, June 
25, 1656 ; was son of Edward Goffe, who came to N. E. in 1635, 
was freeman in 1636, selectman in Cambridge, 1636, 1637, 1639, 
1648-1655, representative 1646 and 1650, and died Dec. 26, 1658, 
leaving a widow, Margaret, his second wife. 



36 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y® body of 

Abraham Watson 

Aged 44 years Died 

March y^ 23 

1705. 



The son of John Watson, perhaps of Roxbury, freeman in 
1645, and Rebecca, "daughter of Anne Errington " ; his wife 
was Mary, afterwards wife of Mr. Samuel Whitmore of Lex- 
ington. 



William 

Warland son 

of William 

& Tabitha 

Warland was 

Born Octo^^ y« 

2'^ 1706 & Died 

August y« SS'*^ 

Aged 1 year 10 

M°. & 17 Dayes. 



James son of 
James & Mary 
FowLE Aged 
15 years. & 2 Months 
Died October 
y^ 1V\ 1706. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 37 

1707. 

Here lyes y^ body 
of M^s. Sarah Phipps 
wife to M^. Solomon 

Phipps daughter 

of Cap^ Stephen & 

M^^ Sarah Williams 

of Roxbury aged 

47 years. Decesed 

April y« 22"^^. 1707. 

Captain Stephen Williams, born Nov. 8, 1640, died at Roxbury, 
Feb. 15, 1720, was son of Robert Williams, of Roxbury, who came 
from Norwich, Eng., and was admitted freeman in 1638. 



Mary Coolledge 

Daughter of 

Joseph & Rebeckah 

Coolledge was 

born April y^ 15^\ 

1706 & died 

June y^ 2'^ 1707 

Aged 1 year '^ 

1 M° & 16 Days. 



Sub hoc tumulo 
Conditse sunt exuviae 

Abel Wright, 

filii dom. Samuelis 

Wright de Westford 

spei optimse Juvenis, 

Universitatis Harvardianae 

4 



33 CAIklBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

alumni, qui, anno setatis 

vicesimo sexto, et cursus 

academici secundo pene 

expleto, obiit, casu perluc- 

tuoso, die Junii 28*'. anno 

que Domini 1707°. dum 

se lavando in amne 

Carolensi oblectabat. 



Here lyes the 

body of Sarah 

Clark, daugh^^ of 

M». James & M^^ Sarah 

Clark, Aged 21 years 
Decea''^ Octo''^ 13^^. 1707. 



Here lyes y® body 

of M^^ Joanna 

WiNSHiiP. Aged 62 

years who departed 

this life November 

y« 19^^ 1707 

This good School Dame 
No longer School must keep 
Which gives us cause 
For Childrens sake to weep. 

Daughter of Lieutenant Edward Winship, by his first wife, Jane. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



3d 



iro8. 



Memento 
Mori. 


Fugit 
Hora. 


Here lyes y® 

Body of Bethiah 

Hicks wife to 


Joseph 


Hicks 


Aged 55 
Died April, 


years. 
12'^ 1708 



Joseph Hicks was the son of Zachariah Hicks and his wife 
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Joanna Scill, and was baptized 
Jan. 12, 1661. 



Here lyes y® body 

of Jonathan Marsh 

Junior Sophister 

who deceased in 

ye jgth ygj^j. Qf Jjjg 

Age at Harvard 

Colidge in Cambridge 

June y« 10^^ 1708. 



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Here lyes inter'd two infant children 
of y® Rev*^. M'^. John & M^^ Margaret Leverett. 



John Leverett, 


Anne Leverett 


Born the 2VK 


Born the 5^*^ 


of June, and 


of July, and 


Died the 4^\ 


Died y« 30^^ of 


of July 


the same month 


Anno Dom. 1711. 


Anno. Dom. 1708. 



40 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Memento Fugit 
mori. Hora. 

Here lyes burled 
y^ body of M^^^. Sibyll 

WiGGLESWORTH. LaSt 

wife to y^ Rever"*^. M^. 

Michael Wigglesworth 

late of Maldon de'^^''. 

who departed 

this life on the 

Sixth day of Aug^^ 

1708 in y« 

54th yggj. Qf J^gj. ggg^ 

Michael Wigglesworth, a poet, graduated in 1651 at Harvard 
College, of which he was a fellow, was ordained minister of Mai- 
den, where he remained till his death, June, 1704 or 1705. His 
son, Edward, H. C. 1710, and grandson, Edward, H. C. 1749, 
were the first and second professors of divinity at Harvard College. 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Hoc caespite velat^ Joanes 

Wainwright Fran. Wainwright 

Ipsv. Arm = Fili', Acad. Harv. 

Cantabr- Nov = Angl. Alumn. tantum 

non gradual, optimae Spei Juvenis 

Animam Religione matutina 

Ornatam 

in Jesu sinum expiravit 

Sept. XXV. An: Dom: MDCCVHI. 

^ts. su^ XVIII. 

Vivit post Funera Virtus. 

John Wainwright was the son of Francis Wainwright, who 
graduated at Harvard College in 1686, was a merchant in Ipswich, 
a magistrate, and colonel of the militia, and died Aug. 3, 1711, who 
was possibly son of Francis Wainwright, who was of Ipswich 
1648, freeman 1671, and died at Salem, May 19, 1692. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



41 



Deborah 

Patting Daugh^^ 

of Nathanael 

& Deborah 

Patting. Aged 

2 IVP. 3 weeks 

& 5 Dayes 

Died Octo^^ y« 

22"^ 1708 



1709. 



Memento 

mori. 

Here lyes y^ 

body of Cap^ 

PYAM Blower 

aged 71 years 

who departed 

this life 
June the P^ 

1709: 



Fugit 

Hora. 

Also here lyes 

y« body of M'^^ 

Elizabeth Blower 

the wife of Cap. 

PYAM Blower 

aged 69 years 

who departed 

this life May 

the 29^^ 1709 : 



In their Death they were not divided. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Blowers was daughter of Andrew Belcher — of 
Sudbury in 1640, Cambridge in 1646 — and his wife Elizabeth, 
daughter of Nicholas Danforth ; she was married to Captain Blow- 
ers, March 31, 1668. 

Here lyes y^ body 
of Sarah Robbinson 
wife to Samuel 
Robinson Aged 27 
10 Months &27 
Dayes died July y^ 
19. 1709 
Her maiden name was Manning, and she was married to Mr. 
Robinson, March 23, 1703. 
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42 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y® body 

of John Farwell 

of Dunstable Aged 

23 years. 2 M°. & 25 

Dayes who departed 

this hfe in Cambridge 

Septem^^ y« 10^^^ jyoQ. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of Lieutenant John 

Jackson aged 64 

years died Septem"^. 

y« 26^^. 1709. 



Memento Fugit 
mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y® body 
of Thomas Prentis 

Aged 33 years, 3 

M°. & 12 Dayes. who 

departed this life 

December y^ 7 

1709. 

The son of Thomas Prentiss and his wife, Sarah Stanton, whom 
he married March 20, 1675. 



1710. 

Here lyes the body of 

M'^^. Mercy Oliver, who 

was the wife of M^. 

James Oliver, Physician. 

She dyed, March XXIX, MDCCX 

in the XL III year of her age. 

The above inscription is on a tablet in the southerly side of the 
Brattle monument. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 43 



Memento Fugit 



mori. Hora. 

Here lyes the 

body of Abigail 

Russell, Dau"^^ of 

William & Abigail 

Russell ; aged 21 

years & G Months. 

Died June 20^^^ 1710. 

William Russell, son of William and Martha Russell, who were 
of Cambridge in 1645, and members of the church, married, 
March 18, 1682-3, Abigail, daughter of Lieutenant Edward and 
Elizabeth Winship. 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y® body 

of Rebeckah Bunker 

wife to John Bunker 

aged 40 years and 9 

m°. who departed 

this life September 

y« 15^h 1710. 

Her maiden name was Eaton, and she was married to John 
Bunker, April 28, 1690. 



Memento Fugit 
mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y^ body 
of Sarah Winshipp 

wife to Joseph 

Winshipp Aged 39 

years 6 Months 

& 18 Dayes who 

Departed this life 

November y^ 28^^. 

1710. 

The memory of the Just is blessed. 



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44 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1711. 

Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y® body 

of John Watson 

Sen''. Aged 92 years 

who departed 

this life the 20^^ 

Day of May 1711. 

The memory of y^ Just is blessed. 

John Watson, a member of the church ; his wife was Rebecca, 
*' daughter of Anne Errington deceased, sometimes a sister of this 
[Cambridge] church "; he may have been the John who was of 
Roxbury, and freeman, in 1645. 

Here lyes y® 

body of 

Mary Clark 

wife to James 

Clark died 

June y« 25^^. 1711 

in y« 33""^. year 

of her age. 



Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes y^ body of 

M^^ Martha 

Remington wife to Cap^ 

Jonathan Remington 

late of Cambridge 

Aged 67 years who 

departed this life 

July the 16 1711. 

Her maiden name was Belcher ; she was the daughter of Andrew 
Belcher and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Danforth ; 
she was married to Jonathan Remington, July 13, 1664. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 45 



1712, 



Memento Fugit 

mori. Hora. 

Here lyes the 

body of 

M'^. John Bunker 

Aged 48 years 

who departed 

this life the 

17^^ of May 1712. 

John Bunker married Rebecca Eaton, April 28, 1690. 



Here lyes the 

body of 

M^^ Katharine 

Greenleafe 

Aged 62 years 

who departed 

this life the 28^^. 

of August 1712. 



o 



Here [lyes y^] 

body of [Martha] 

Hancock Daug[^^] 

of M^. Nathaniel, 

& M^^ Prudence 

Hancock; Aged 15 ye'"^ 

& 7 m^ Died Oct^ 20, 1712. 



46 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Underneath this Earth 

lyes buried the body of 

John Parker of Cambridge 

the late Husband of Mary 

Parker (the Daugh^^ of M«. 

Nathaniel Hancock Ju""^, & 

Prudence Hancock) who 

deceased Novem^^ 2"^^ 1712 

Aged 22 years 10 m«. & 

(11 Dayes 



1713. 



Here lyes y® 

body of 

Thomas Fillebrown 

Aged 82 years 

who departed 

this life 

June the 7 

1713. 

Probably son of Gordon Fillebrown, of Cambridge in 1666. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M^. 

Samuel Sparhawk : 

who dec*^. Novem^^ y® 

2"^^. 1713 Aged 49 

Years. 

Samuel Sparhawk was son of Nathaniel and Patience ; Nathan- 
iel was son of Nathaniel, and his first wife, Mary. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 47 

Here lyes y® body 
of Sarah Davies 

wife to GiRRSHAM 

Davies Aged 55 

years Died Novb^ 

the 20^h 1713, 



Here lyes y^ 

body of 

Elizabeth Burgis 

Aged 23 years 

deceased 

December y^ 

13^^ 1713. 



1714. 

Here lyes y® 

body of 

Abigail Cook 

wife to 

Samuel Cook 

Aged 54 years Q 

Died January 

y^28^\ 1713. 

Her maiden name was Griggs, and she married Samuel Cook, 
Nov. 14, 1681. 

Here lyes y^ 

body of 

Anna Fillebrown 

wife to 

Thomas Fillebrown 

Aged 82 years 

Died March y« 31 

1713/j^. 



48 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes the body 

of M^. James Clark, 

Sen^ Aged 62 years. 

who departed this 
life April the 8^\ 1714. 
James Clark and Sarah Champney were married Sept. 24, 1685. 



Here lyes y® 

body of Cicely, 

Negro, late 

Servant to y® 

Rev'^. M'^. William 

Brattle ; she 

died April 8. 1714. 

being 15 years 

old. 



Joseph Cutter 

son of Nathaniel 

& Sarah Cutter 

Aged 3 Months 

and 3 weekes 

Deceased May 

the 4^\ 1714. 



Anne the Daug^^ 
of M'^. Nicholas, 
and M^^ Sarah 
Fessenden Died 
June 6^\ 1714. Aged 
2 years 3 vve'^^ 3 D^ 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 49 

Here lyes buried the body of 

M*^^. Hannah, wife of the 

Rev''"'^. M''. Samuel Angier 

and Daughter of the Rev"^. M''. 

Urian Oakes, sometime President 

of Harvard College, and Pastor 

of Cambridge Dec'^. Aug^ 15, 1714 

iEtatis 55. 

Rev. Samuel Angier was son of Edmund and his wife Ruth 
Angier, and was born at Cambridge March 17, 1655, graduated at 
Harvard College 1673, was ordained at Rehoboth 1679, and at 
Waltham 1697, and died Jan. 24, 1719. 

Here lyes buried 

The body of 

M^. John Hovey 

Aged 30 years 1 Month 

and 3 weekes. Deceased 

September the 13^^ 1714^ 



Here lyes y^ body 

of Joseph Eveleth 

son of the Rev^. 

M^. John and M'^^ 

Mary Eveleth ; 

Aged about 18 

years. Died 

October 27^^ 1714 

John Eveleth, of Chebacco, and Mary Bowman, of Cambridge, 
were married Dec. 2, 1692. 

Here lyes the body 

of James Kidder 

son of M^. Samuel 

and M^^ Sarah 

Kidder Aged 18 years, 

Dec'^. October 3VK 1714. 

5 



50 cambridge epitaphs. 

Aron Cleveland 
son of Aron 
and Abigail 

Cleveland, aged 

12 years & 

16 dayes died 

Nove"™^ y^ 5 1714 



Here lyes y® Body 
of M^^ Elizabeth 

Cooper, wife to 

M^. John Cooper; 

who Dec'^. Nov^^ 

y« 15^^. 1714 in y« 

56^^. year of Her Age. 

Her maiden name was Bordman ; she was married to John 
Cooper, April 28, 1686. 



Here lyes y^ 

body of 

Dorcas Cleveland 

wife to 

Aaron Cleveland 

Aged 57 years. 

& 10 M°. died 

]>^OVetnbr, ye 29. 1714. 



Eliakim Phipps son 

of ColP. Spencer 

Phipps Esq^ and 

M'^^ Elizabeth 

Phipps Died the 

S'^ of December 

1714 Aged 2 Mon. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 5l 

Here lyes y® 

body of 

Mary Cutter 

wife to Nathaniel 

Cutter ; Aged 

51 years and about 

10 M«. Died March 14^^ 

1714. 

Her maiden name was Phillebrown ; she was of Charlestown, 
and was married to Nathaniel Cutter, Oct. 8, 1688. 

Here lyes the body 

of M^^ Elizabeth 

Brattle, the wife 

of the Reverend M^. 

William Brattle: 

who died July XXVIII 

MDCCXV, in the 

XXXIX year of her age. 

The above inscription is on a tablet in the northerly side of the 
Brattle monument. 

William Bordman, son 
of M^. Moses, and M^^ O 

Abigail Bordman: Died 
August 10^^ 1715 : Aged 
4 years, 3 M°, & 10 Dys. 



1716. 

Mary Phipps, Daugh" 

of Coll° Spencer 

Phipps, EsqS & M^«. 

Elizabeth Phipps : 

Aged 5 years & 10 

Months: Died June 8^^ 1716. 



52 CA^IBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y^ 

body of Samuel 

Hancock, son of 

M^. Samuel & M^^ 

Dorothy Hancock 

Dec^. June 14. 1716 

Aged 9 years & 

about 11 M«. 



Here lyes the body of 

Margaret Leverett, the 

Daughter of the Rev^. 

M*'. John & M^^ Margaret 

Leverett, of Cambridge. 

Born July y^ SVK Anno Dom. 1705 

& died June y« 16^\ Anno Dom. 1716, 



Hie jacet reconditum Thomje 

Sevalli Cadaver, Collegli Harv- 

ardini Alumni, judicio Faelici, pro- 

bitate non vulgari, modestia singulari, 

juvenis, pietate gravis nee non ar- 

dore quodam ad Dei gloriam homi- 

numq salutem concitato conspicui ; 

qui obiit XIV. Kal. Sextiles MDCCXVI. ^t. XXH, 



Here lyes y^ body 

of M'^^ Sarah 

Phillebrown, wife to 

M'^. John Phillebrown ; 

who died Octo^^'". 

16^'S 1716, in y« 39^^ 

year of her age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 63 

Here lyes y® body 

of John Phillebrown, 

son of ]\K John & M\ 

Sarah Phillebrown ; 

who died Nov^^ 

8% 1716, Aged 18 

years & 3 weeks. 



Edmond Robinson 
son of M^ Samuel 
& M^^ Elizabeth 
Robinson Deceas** 
November the 25^^ 
1716. Aged 2 years 
5 Months, 17 Dayes. 



Here lyes y® 

body of 

Joanna Winship 

Daughter of 

Joseph and 

Sarah 

Winship, Aged 

21 years Died 

Decm^ y« 17, 1716. 

Joseph Winship was son of Lieutenant Edward Winship by his 
second wife, Elizabeth. See Joseph Winship, 1725. 



o 



1717. 

Rebeckah, Daug^^ 
of William & 

Tabitha Warland 
Died Jan'"^. y« 24^^ 
171-f- Aged 1 year 
4 M^ & 20 Days. 



5 



# 



54 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y^ 

body of 

Deborah 

Pattin wife to 

Nathaniel Pattin 

Aged 38 years 

& 10 Days : Died 

March y« 9^^ 1716. 

The wife of Nathaniel Patten the second. 



Richard son of 
Nathaniel and 

Elizabeth Cutter 
Aged 9 M«. & 6 Dys. 

Died August 6, 1717. 



Here lyes buried 

y^ body of 

M^^. Rebeckah Winshipp 

wife to M*^. Edward 

Winshipp ; who dec*^. 

Aug^ 1717. Aged 

about 61 years. 

Mrs. Rebecca Winship was the wife of Edward, the son of 
Lieutenant Edward and his second wife, Elizabeth ; her maiden 
name was Barsham, which she changed for a better, May 14, 1683. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of Jonathan 

son of M'^. 

William and M^^ 

Seeth Andrew 

Dec'^. Oct''^ y« 28^i\ 1717 

in y^ 22^ year of his age. 



cambridge epitaphs. 5§ 

Elizabeth Dunster 

Daughter of Henry 

& Martha Dunster : 

Aged 4 Months : 
DiedNovem^^ 7. 171? 

The great-granddaughter of Henry Dunster, the first president 
of Harvard Colleffe. 



Here lyes burled y^ 

body of M'^^. Margaret 

Fessenden, wife to M". 

Nicholas Fessenden. 

who dec*^. Dec™\ 

y« lO^h. 1717, iny« 

g2nd year of \yQY age^ 

The wife of Nicholas Fessenden, the first. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. O 

Samuel Jones aged 

70 years ; Deceased 

January the 5^^^ 17 If 

Here lyes y^ body of 

M^^. Sarah Jones, wife 

to M". Samuel Jones, 

Aged 60 years deceased 

December the 31^ 1717. 

Samuel Jones was the son of John Jones — of Cambridge in 
1648, freeman 1650 — and of Dorcas his wife, who married Wil- 
liam Buss, of Concord, after Mr. Jones's death. 



56 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1718. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of M". Ephraim Frost 

Aged 72 years 

died January y^ 2^^ 

17lf 

Mr. Ephraim Frost was the son of Edmund Frost— who came to 
N. E. in 1635, with Rev. Thomas Shepard, was freeman 1636, 
ruling elder of the church — and of Thomasine, his wife. His 
wife's name was Hephzibah. 

Here Lyes y^ Body of 

M^^. Tabitha Warland, 

Wife to M«. William 

Warland ; who Dec^. 

Jany. ye 6^^, 171|. in y« 

35^^ year of Her Age. 

Her maiden name was Hill ; she was married to William War- 
land, Feb. 3, 1701-2. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of Deacon 

Samuel Cooper ; 

aged 64 years ; who 

Dec^. Jan-^y. 8^^ 17lf. 

Samuel Cooper, son of Deacon John and Anna, grandson of 
Lydia, wife of Deacon Gregory Stone, married Hannah Hastings, 
Dec. 4, 1682. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of Rebeckah 

Adams wife to 

Joseph Adams. 

Dec^. Jan-^y. 12^^. 1717V3 in y« 

25^^ year of her age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 57 

Here lyes the 

body of M**. 

Aaron Boardman 

who dec^^ Jan'"^. 
the 24^^. 171|, in y« 
53'^'^ year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Gershom Davies 

Sen'", who deceas'^. 

Feb'-y. y« 6'^. 1717 in y^ 

75^^ year of his age. 



Here lyes y® body 

of M«^ Abigail 

Harrington wife 

to M^. Thomas 

Harrington ; Aged 

about 30 years. 

Dec^. March y« 4^M717. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of Phillip Cook, 

Aged 55 years & 10 

M°. 25 Dayes who 



r.th 171 



Son of Philip Cook — of Cambridge, freeman 1647, member of 
the church — and his wife Mary, daughter of Barnabas Lampson. 



58 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes the 

body of M««. 

Eunice Cook : 

Wife to M«. Joseph 

Cook Aged 34 years, I Month 

19 Dayes : who dec^. 

May the 9^S 1718. 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of M^. 

Edward Winshipp ; 

who dec*^. June 

y« W\ 1718. Aged 

about 65 years. 

The son of Lieutenant Edward and Elizabeth Winship ; select- 
man 1691 - 1693, 1695-1701; his wife was Rebecca Barsham, 
whom he married May 14, 1683. 

Here lyes the 

body of Samuel 

Kidder ; son of M". 

Samuel & M««. 

Sarah Kidder ; 

Aged about 24 

years, who dec*^. 

August y« 14^h. 1718. 



Here lyes y® body 

of M«^. Anna Wattson 

wife to M". Isaac 

Wattson ; who dec*^. 

August 19^^ 1718 in y« 

27^^. year of her age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 59 

Sarah Davies Daug^^ 

of M". Gershom 

& M«^ Sarah Davies 

Aged 10 years 

& about 6 Tif. dec^. 

Septem^"-. 10^M718. 

Here lyes the 

body of M««. 

Hannah Robbins, 

wife to M*. 

Nathaniel Robbins 

Dec^*^. September 

the 15^^ 1718 in y« 44^^ 

year of her age. 

Here lyes the 

body of Frances 

BoRDMAN, Daugh^^ 

of William & Frances 

BoRDMAN, dec^ ; who , -^ 

departed this life 

Septb^ 15ih^ 1718 in y« 

69^^. year of her age. 



1710. 

Here lyes the 

body of M«. 

Nathaniel Robbins 

Se"^ De'^*^. 

1719 in the 7P^ 

year of his age. 



60 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 
the body of M«. 
Nicholas Fessenden ^ 

who dec*^. Febru^y. 

ye 24th 171|. in ye 

69^^. year of his age. 

Nicholas and Margaret Fessenden were of Cambridge before 
1674 ; Nicholas inherited the estate of his relative, John Fessen- 
den, who came, with his wife Jane, from Kent, Eng., settled in 
Cambridge, was admitted freeman 1641, was member of the 
church, selectman 1656,1658-1661, 1663-1666, and died Dec. 
21, 1666, leaving no children. 

Here lyes Buried 

the Body of Deacon 

Nathaniel Hancock who Departed this Life 

April the 12^\ 1719, in y^ 

8PS Year of His Age. 

The son of Nathaniel, Cambridge 1635, and his wife Jane ; he 
was born Dec. 18, 1638 ; married Mary, daughter of Henry and 
Joan Prentice, March 8, 1663-4. 

Here lyes the 

Body of M«^ 

Martha Oakes wife 

to Doct^ Thomas 

Oakes. Who dec'^. 

at Boston April 

y« 19^S 1719, aged 70 years. 

Thomas, son of Edward, and brother of Urian Oakes, was born 
at Cambridge, June 18, 1644, graduated at IJarvard College, 1662, 
settled as a physician in Boston ; representative 1689, also an as- 
sistant ; he went to England as agent for Massachusetts soon after, 
and assisted in procuring the new charter ; he died at Welfleet. 
July 15, 1719, aged 75. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of John Rawlings 

Dec^. June 5^\ 1719 

in y® 84^^ year 

of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 61 

Here lyes y*^ body 

of M«. Solomon 

Prentice Sen^ 

Dec'^. July 24^^ 1719 

in the 73*^ year 

of his age. 

Solomon Prentice was son of Henry and Joan Prentice, and was 
born Sept. 23, 1646 ; his first wife was Elizabeth, who died before 
1678 ; his second wife was Hephzibah, who died in 1741 ; his 
father, Henry, of Cambridge in 1640, freeman 1650, was a member 
of the church, and died before 1658 ; Elizabeth, his first wife, died 
May 13, 1643 ; his second wife was Joan. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of M«^ Hephzibah 

Frost wife to M*^. 

Ephraim Frost aged 

64 years died Septe"'^^ 23^^. 1719. 



Mandantur huic pulverl Reliquiae 

Nicholai Fessenden Artium Magistri, 

Gymnasii Cantabrigiensis Praefecti 

Vigilantissimi et Diligentissimi, 

Expectaiitis Spe Beatae Resurre= 

ctionis ; Qui diem clausit extrem- -. 

urn Die 5^°. Octobris, Anno DonV. 1719 

^tatis suae XXXVIII, Vivit post Funera Virtus. 

Nicholas Fessenden was the son of Nicholas and Margaret Fes- 
senden ; he graduated at Harvard College in 1701, married Sarah 
Coolidgej Aug. 8, 1706, and he was for some time teacher of the 
grammar school in this town. 

Sarah Warland 

Daug^^ of WiLLiA^ 

& Tabitha 

Warland, Aged 

3 Ye'^^ 9 M^ & 2 Day^ 

Died Octo'^^ 5^^ 1719. 

6 



62 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS- 

Here lyes y^ body 

of M'*. John 

Oldham who 
dec'i. Octob^ 14'^ 

1719 in y« 67^^ 

year of his age. 

John Oldham was the son of Richard and Martha Oldham, of 
Cambridge in 1652, members of the church ; he was selectman 
1694-1697, 1699-1702, and married Abigail Wood, July 22, 
1675. 



1720. 



Here lyes interred 

y^ body of M«^ 

Margarett Leverett 

wife of y« Hon^^^ & Rev'^. 

M*^. John Leverett 

Praes^^: of Har. Coll. 

who departed 

this life June 7^^ 

1720 in y« 55^^ 

year of her age. 

The above inscription is on a tablet in the northerly side of the 
Leverett monument. 



Solomon Dickson 

son of William 

& Ruth Dickson 

Dec'^. August 

3^. 1720. Aged 

8 weeks. 



CAlkrBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 63 

Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M'^. Henry Smith, 

Sen^ Aged about 75 

years who dec''. 
August y° 2V\ 1720. 
The memory of the just is blessed. 
He married Lidea Bucke, March 3, 1672-3. 



Here lyes buried 
the body of ]M«. 
James Ingham 

Aged 35 years 
who dec''. Aug''^ 

the 22'^ 1720. 



Sarah Hovey 
Daug^^ of M«. John 

& M««. Ariel 

Hovey ; Dec''. Q 

Oct'^^ 11^'^ 1720 iny« 
12^1 yer. of hcr age. 



Here lyes y° body 

of Mary Grover, 

Daugh^"". of Thomas 

& Bethiah Grover 

Aged 20 years, & 

8 M^ who dec''. 

October 19^'^ 1720. 



64 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 





1731. 




Jonathan 


Jonathan 


Sarah 


Gove, 
Still Born 


Gove, 
Still Born 


Gove, 

Aged 5 

weeks, Dec'^ 

Janu-^y. 2P^ 


1723 


1721 


172f 



The Children of M«. Jonathan 
^nd M«^ Lydia Gove. 



Here lyes the 

body of Peter 

^ Barron son of 

Timothy & Rachel 

Barron; De^^. Ap^^. 11^^ 1721 

in y® 19^^ year of h^. age. 



Joseph Sprague 
son of M^. Joseph 

& M^^ Sarah 
Sprague ; Aged 6 

years 3 M^ & 3 Days. 

Dec*^. June 23. 1721. 



Son to M«. 

Lawrence & 

M«^ Eliz.™ 

Delhonde 

Aged 4 M« & 8 D^ 

Dec'^. July y« 8 1721 



Daug^ to 

Lawrence & 

Eliz.™ Delhonde 

Aged 3 Days 

Dec'l Jan'"y. y^ 

11 1729 



The upper part of this stone has been demolished. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



65 



Here lyes y^ body 
of M«^ Sarah Reed 

wife to M". James 

Reed ; Aged about 36 

years, dec'^. Nov^^ 1721 

Also — son James Reed 

Aged 6 M«. Dec*^. April 1722. 







Here lyes buried 






the body of M«^ 






Easter Willis, wife 


to M^. Andrew Willis 




Aged 24 years 






Dec^. Dec^ y« 29 






1721. 






1723. 




William 




Margaret 


Hephzibah 


Browne, 




Browne, 


Browne, 


Dec^. Jan'-y. 




Deed, janry. 


Dec'^. Jan-^y 


17^^ 172i 




13^^. 172i 


27^\ 172-1- 


in y® 




in y« 7^^ 


in y« 9^h 


year of 




year of 


year of 


his age. 




her age. 


her age. 


lildren of M'^ 


T 


HOMAs &M«^Eli 


ZABETH BR0W^ 



Here lyes the 

body of Margaret 

Ireland, Daugh^ 

of Abraham, & 

Abigail Ireland 

Aged 21 years & 2 

M^ Dec'^. 

Jan'^y. 17, 1721. 

6* 



66 cambridge epitaphs. 

Elizabeth Browne 

Daugh^^ of M«. 

Thomas & M««. 

Elizabeth Browne 

Dec^. Feb'-y. 14^^. 

172i Aged 3 IVP. & 

25 Days. 



Patence Angier 

Daug^^ of M«. 

Samuel & M««. 

Dorothy Angier 

Aged 6 weeks 

Dec^. Feb-^y. 21, 172^ 



Here lyes the 

body of M«. 

Samuel Angier, 

Dec*^. March 6^^ 172^ 

Aged 34 years 6 M«. 

Probably son of Rev. Samuel and Mrs. Hannah Angier. 



Ruth Felch, Daug^^ 

of M«. Samuel & 

M"^. Katharine 

Felch ; Dec^. July 

ye gth, 1722 Aged 

2 years 1 1 M^ & 9 D^ 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 67 



6 



y^ children 



.-" 




David 




Phipps Dec'^ 




Sep^ 21 1722 






Aged 1 M*^ 






& 2 Days 


il 


of C0II22 


M»'. 


Eli 


ZABETH Phipps 



Sub hoc depositum 

est JosEPHi Parsons 

Corpus, Collegii Harvardini 

Alumni, sed non graduati, 

Bonae Indolis & spei viri 

Qui e vivis cessit 

Oct. 31 MDCCXXII, Miau 30. 



1723. 

Here lyes y® 

body of 

M«^ Sarah 

Sprague, wife 

to M". Joseph 

Sprague ; who 

Dec<^. Jan'^y. 29^S 1722, 

-^tatis suse 30. 



o 



Here lyes y® 
body of Elizabeth 

Clark, wife to 

James Clark ; 

who dec^. Feb'-y. 
7^^. 172| in y« 44^^, 

year of her age. 
Also two Samuel's y^ 
one by Mary y® other 

by Elizabeth. 



68 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y® body 

of M«. William 

Cutter ; who dec^. 

April y« V\ 1723 

in y® 74^^ year of 

his age. 

The son of Eichard Cutter, by his first wife, Elizabeth ; he was 
born Feb. 22, 1650, and his wife's name was Rebecca. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of Jose Appleton, 

son of y^ Rev'^. M". 

Nathaniel Appleton, 

& ^P^ Margaret his 

wife who dec*^. June 

6^h. 1723. Aged about 3 M«. 



Here lyes y® body of 

IVP. John Cook, 

who dec*^. Sep^ 8^^. 

1723, in the 39^^ 

year of his age. 

Son of Samuel Cook and his wife, Abigail Griggs, whom he 
married Nov. 14, 1681 ; Samuel was probably son of Philip — free- 
man 1647, member of the church — and his wife, Mary, the daugh- 
ter of Barnabas Lampson. 



Ruth Dickson 

Daug^^ of William 

& Ruth Dickson 

Dec^. Sep^ 19^^ 

1723 Aged 

2 ]VP. & 4 D^ 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 69 

Huic tumulo Reliquiae mandantur 
Thom.e Spear Collegii Harvar- 

dini apud Cantabrigienses quon- 
dam Alumni. Singular! Tempera- 
-ntia Sobrietate & Humilitate Juvenis ; 
Moribus castus Scelerisque purus ; In- 
-teger innocuusque vixit ; et Cursum, 
in quantum datur Sibi et Omnibus 
placidum tranquillumque peregit. Sed im- 
matura morte ademptus, Animam, Christo 
fisus, efflavit Sept. 27. 1723. ^Etatis 16. 



Here lyes y® body 

of M«. Nathaniel 

Prentice who 

dec^. Octo^"". y^ 24^^ 

1723 in y*^ 33^' year 

of his age. 



Here lyes y® body 

of Elizabeth 

Swan, wife to 

John Swan ; 

who dec'^. Decm^^ 

2V\ 1723 Aged 

28 years & 6 M°. 

John Swan was son of Gershom and Sarah Swan. 



1724. 

Here lyes the 

body of M». 

Abraham Hill Jun"^. 

Dec^. Feb^y. 1V\ 172f 

in y^ 30"^*^. year 

of his age. 

Abraham Hill and Prudence Hancock were married Dec. 18, 



1718. 



70 CAaiBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Hie jacent Reliquiae Honoratiss. et Rev. admodum Dom. 
JoHANNis Leveeett, Armig. qui Majoribus oriundus 

illustribus, illustrius nomen reddidit quam accepit. 

Virtus et Pietas, Sapientia et Gravitas juventuti fuere 

Laurea, nee non Senectuti Corona. Majestas et Authoritas 

in oculo, voce, vultu ; Benignitas et Humanitas in corde re- 

sederunt ; in Secundis moderatus, in adversis constanti et in- 

fracto fuit animo. Maritus et Pater amantissimus, amicis 

dulcis et fidus, prudens Consiliarius, fortis Auxiliarius. 

Linguarum et Artium Academicarum inter peri- 

tissimos nee minus in Jurisprudentia et Theo- 

logia quam in Philosophia conspicuus. 

Omnes fere Honoris gradus conscendit et ornavit. Juvenem 

admodum mirata est et plausit Academia Tutorem primari- 

um et Socium ; ut et postea Communium Domus Pro- 

locutorem De Probatione, Testamentorum judicem et in 

Superiori Tribunali Justitiarium ; Regi a consiliis assistentem 

et in variis Legationibus honorificis et momentosis sagaci- 

ter et integre versantem, contemplata est universa Patria. 

Tandem Collegii Principalis et Societatis Regiae soci- 

us cooptatus, Scholse Prophetarum ad annos sedecim 

pari Authoritate et Lenitate prsesidebat : donee morte in- 

stantanea Deo visum sit a Filiis Prophetarum Dominum e 

Lecto etSomno in coelum assumere, Mali 5° MDCCXXIV. JEt. LXII. 

John Leverett was the grandson of Governor Leverett ; he 
graduated at Harvard College in 1680, and was a tutor in this in- 
stitution ; he was a representative, Speaker of the House, a mem- 
ber of his Majesty's Council, a justice of the Superior Court, and a 
judge of probate ; he was chosen president of Harvard College, 
and inducted into office Jan. 14, 1708, in which station he remained 
till his sudden death, May 3, 1724. President Leverett has been 
represented as a man of vast learning, and true piety. " His talents 
were eminently practical. He knew better than most men what 
course to shape in difficult times, and how political and religious 
factions were to be managed or controlled. In all his official rela- 
tions, his industry, vigor, and fidelity were conspicuous and exem- 
plary." Rev. N. Appleton, in a funeral discourse occasioned by 
the death of President Leverett, says, " He was a pillar both of the 
church and state, an honor and ornament to society, and the glory 
of New England." 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 71 

Here lyes y® body 

of M«. 

Jacob Watson ; 

who dec^. March 

ye 29th^ 1724 in y^ 

53*^ year of his age. 

The son of John, Sen., and Rebecca, daughter of Anne Erring- 
ton ; his wife's name was Mary. 

Here lyes y® body 

of M«. 

Edmund Angier; 

who dec^\ April y® 

4^^ 1724, in y« 39 

year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 
the body of Deac^" 
Samuel Kidder ; 
who dec^. July y^ 
4^h. Anno Dom'. 1724, in y^ 
59^^ year of his age. 
Samuel Kidder and Sarah Griggs were married Oct. 23, 1689. 

o 

Here lyes buried y^ body 
of Thomas Thompson, 

Gentleman & Citizen of 
London ; who dec'^. July 

IS^S 1724. iEtatis 39. 

Great grief and pain I underwent 
Death was to me in mercy sent 
Here I must lye till the Last Day 
Till Christ doth roal the stone away 
So Loving Friends do not complain "i 
But hope your Loss was my great gain > 
I did but Die to Live again j 

And still remember in a short space 
You all must run the selfsame race. 



72 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1725. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Francis Kidder; 

who dec'^. Jan'"^. y® 

2VK 1724. in y« 32"'^. 

year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 
John Cooper [***] 

who dec*^. March 
ye i3ih 1724 in yV26^^ 

year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Nathaniel Patten; 

who dec^. June 

ye j2th^ 1725 Aged 

about 80 years. 

Nathaniel Patten, the first, was the son of William Patten — of 
Cambridge, freeman 1645, member of the church — and Mary his 
wife ; he married, first, Rebecca Adams, Nov. 24, 1669, who died 
Dec. 18, 1677, and second, Sarah Cooper, Oct. 8, 1678. 



Here lyes y® body 

of Joseph Kidder 

son of Deac°". Samuel 

& M«^ Sarah Kidder 

who dec^. August 

y« 23^^. 1725 in y^ 2P^ 

year of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 73 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of M«. 

Joseph Winshipp ; 

who dec'^. Sept^ 

y« 18^S 1725. in y^ 65^^ 

year of his age. 

The son of Lieutenant Edward and Elizabeth Winship ; his 
wife's name was Sarah. See 1710. 



1736. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Hubert Russell 

who dec^. June 

the 4^\ 1726, 

aged 39 years ; 

Also here lyes one of 

his children. 

Probably son of Jason Russell, and his wife, Mary Hubbard, 
whom he married May 27, 1684 ; Jason was son of William and 
Martha Russell, who were of Cambridge in 1645, and members of 
the church. The name on the grave-stone should probably be 
Hubbard Russell, and not Hubert Russell. 



Here lyes y® body 
of M«. Samuel 
Whittemore ; 
who died Sepf^. 

ye 15th^ 1726, 

Aged about 79 

years. 

Mr. Samuel Whitmore was the son of Francis and Isabel Whit- 
more, of Cambridge in 1653, members of the church ; he married 
Rebekah Gardner, March 31, 1686. 

7 



74 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Stephen Hastings ; 

who dec'^. Sep^'". 

y« 24^^, 1726, in y« 

59^^ year of his age. 

Stephen Hastings was the son of Samuel Hastings, and his wife 
Mary Meen ; Samuel was the brother of Deacon Walter (see 
Walter Hastings, 1705), and son of Deacon John Hastings. 

Here lyes y® body of 

Nathaniel Appleton 

son of y® Rever"^: 

M^. Nathaniel Appleton 

& M^^. Margaret his wife 

who suddenly departed 

this hfe Decem^^ PK Anno 

Dom 1726. Aged 21 IVK 



1727. 

Here lyes the 

body of M««. 

Elizabeth Prentice 

who dec^. May y^ 

14ih 1727 in y« 43'^ 
Year of her age. 



Here lies buried 

the body of M«. 

William Warland 

who departed this 

life SepK the 29^^ 

1727 

in the 56^^ year 

of his age. 

William Warland and Tabitha Hill were married Feb. 3, 1701-2. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 75 

Here lyes the 

body of M^ 

Thomas Cutter 

who dec^^ Octo^^ y* 

25 1727 in y« 26 

year of his age. 



Here lyes y® body 
of M«^ Sarah 

WiGGLESWORTH wife 

to y« Rev^ M« Edward 

WiGGLESWORTH, who 

Dec^. November 

9^^ 1727 in y« 27^^ 

year of her age. 

The first wife of Rev. Edward Wiggles worth, the first ; her 
maiden name was Leverett, and she was married to Mr. Wiggles- 
worth, June 15, 1726. The above inscription is on a tablet in the 
southerly side of the Leverett monument. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of James Littelhale 

son of M«. Isaac & M^\ 

Elizabeth Littelhale 

of Ipswich who dec^. 

j^o^br, 25^^. 1727 in y« 

19^^ year of his age. 



1728. 

William Frost son 
of M^. Ephraim 

& W\ Sarah Frost. 

Died Feb'-y. 13^^. 1727 
Aged 3 Months. 



76 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y® body 
of M««. Hannah 

Whittemore ; who 
died May 1728 

Aged about 76 years. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of M«^ Mary Watson, 

wife to M^. Jacob 

Watson ; who dec*^. . 

Sep^ 16, 1728 in or about y^ 

6P^ year of her age. 



1729. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M^. John Stedman 

Dec^. March y« 24^^ 1728. 

in the 60^^ year 

of his age. 

He was son of John and Elizabeth Stedman, and grandson of 
Robert and Anne ; he married Sarah Gibson, April 9, 1691. 

John Ireland 

son of John & 

Sarah Ireland ; 

Deed. July 6th 

1729 Aged I 

year & 8 M°. 



Here lyes y® body 

of M'*. Edward 

TwHiNG who 

died Decemb^ 4^*^. 1729 

Aged 47 years. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



77 



Here lyes y^ body of 

M^^. Elizabeth y^ wife 

of M". John Hovey, who 

when aged 19 years 

& 8 ]\P. Bid Farewell to 

This World on y^ 17^^ 

day of Decem'^'^. 1729. 



1730. 

Marcy Appleton 

Died July 4^^ 

1733 iny^G^^ 

Month of 

her age. 

Children of y^ Rev*^. 



John Appleton. 

Died May 22^. 

1730 aged 

2 Months. 
M«. Nath^ 



Appleton & M^ Margar^. his wife. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«^ 

Sarah Champney wife 

of M^. Joseph Champney 

Aged 58 years. 

Dec*^. July y« 1 1730. 



o 



Here lyes y^ body 

of M^^. Elizabeth 

Hicks, Relict of M«. 
Zacharias Hicks ; who 
died Sep^ 12% 1730. in y« 

94^^. year of her age. 

Mrs. Hicks, the daughter of John and Joanna Scill, was born in 
England, came to N. E. with her parents, and was married, Oct. 
28, 1652, to Zachariah Hicks. 
7 * 



78 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of Deac"^. 

William Pattin, 

of Billerica. who died 

Octob^ 5^h Anno Dom'. 

1730 in y« 60 year 

of his age. 



Here lyes buried 
y« body of M«^ 
Anna Collis ; 
who died Octo''^ 
ye 26^^ 1730 in y« 
62^ year of her age. 



Here lyes y® body of 

M^^ Mary Whitmore 

wife to M^. Samuel 

Whitmore (of Lexington ;) 

& formerly wife to M^ 

Abraham Watson ; who 

died Nov^^ 4^^^ 1730. in y« 

6P^ year of her age. 



Here lyes buried y^ 

body of M«^ Bethiah 

Marrett, wife to Lieu^ 

Amos Marrett ; who 

died Nov^^ 20^^^. 1730 in 

ye ^Qth^ ygj^j. Qf J^gj, ggg^ 

Her maiden name was Longhorn ; she was married to Amos 
Marrett, Nov. 2, 1681. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 79 



1731 



Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M^. Joseph Champney 

Dec^. Jan''y. y« 19 

1730 in y^ 61 year 

of his age. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Samuel Cook 

who died Aug^^ 

22''^ Anno Dom*. 1731 

Aged 76 years. 

Probably the son of Philip Cook — freeman 1647 — and Mary his 
wife, daughter of Barnabas Lampson ; he married Abigail Griggs, 
Nov. 14, 1681. 



1732. 

EuNEs Frost Dau'^''. 

of M^. Ephraim & Q 

M^^ Sarah Frost. 
Died April 10^\ 1732 
Aged 7 years 

8 Months & 22 D^ 



Edward Dickson, 

son of Edward 

&, Martha Dickson ; 

Died May 3^^. 

1732 Aged 1 

Month & 2 D^ 



80 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

y« body of M«^ Hannah 

Cooper, wife to Dea^°". 

Samuel Cooper ; 

who died Octo^^ 

9^^. 1732 in y« 67^^ 

year of her age. 

Samuel Cooper and Hannah Hastings were married Dec. 4, 1682. 



1733. 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of M^«. 

Catharine Ellis, wife 

to Mathew Ellis, Gen'' ; 

who departed this 

life, January. 10^^ 173I 

A^ed 39 years & 5 M^ 



1734. 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of 

M^. James Reed ; 

who departed this 

hfe May 6^\ Anno 

Domini : 1734 Aged 

about 69 years. 



Here lyes buried y® 
body of M''^ Marjory 

Dickson wife to M". 

John Dickson ; who 
died Octob^ 6'^\ 1734 in 

y® 72*^. year of her age. 

John Dickson, or Dixon, and Margery Winship were married 
May 12, 1687. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 81 

Here lyes buried 

y® body of Deacon 

Nathaniel Sparhawke 

who departed this 

life Nov'''-. 8^^ 1734. Aged 

67 years & 10 days. 

Nathaniel Sparhawke (the third of that name) was son of 
Nathaniel of Cambridge, selectman 1677 - 1680, 1683, 1685, 
1686, who married, Oct. 3, 1649, Patience, daughter of Rev. 
Samuel Newman ; Nathaniel the second was son of Nathaniel, a 
deacon of the church, freeman 1639, representative from 1642- 
1647, who died June 28, 1647, leaving a second wife, Catharine, 
who died July 5th of the same year ; his first wife was Mary, 



1735. 



Ruth Dunster, 

Daug^^ of M«. Henry 

& M«^ Martha 

Dunster ; Died June 30^\ 1735. Aged 

1 year & 9 Mon^^ 

The sister of Elizabeth, who died in 1717. 



Here lyes buried y^ 

body of M«^ Hephzibath 

Bradish ; wife to M". 

John Bradish, who 

departed this life Dec^^ 

10^^ Anno Dom'. 1735 in y« 

5P^ year of her age. 



o 



82 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1736. 

Here lyes Buried y^ 

Body of INP. 

John Cooper ; Who 

Departed this Hfe FeV^: 

12^^: Anno Dom' 173f in 

ye 79th Year of His Age. 

John Cooper, son of John and Anna, grandson of Lydia, wife 
of Deacon Gregory Stone, married Elizabeth Bordman, April 28, 
1686. 



Here lyes y® body of 

John Kidder, son 

of Dea^^^^. Samuel & M«« 

Sarah Kidder ; who 

died March y« 6'^. 1735. 

Aged about 34 years. 



Rebeckah Pattin 
Daug^"". of M«. LuxFORD 
& M^^ Rebeckah 
Pattin ; Died March 
iph 1735. Aged 5 
Years & 10 Mont^ 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of M"^. 

Philip Cook, who 

died April 5^^ Anno 

Dom'. 1736. Aged 50 

years & 1 Month. 

Son of Samuel Cook and his wife, Abigail Griggs, whom he 
married Nov. 14, 1681 ; Samuel was probably son of Philip — free- 
man 1647, member of the church — and his wife Mary, the 
daughter of Barnabas Lampson. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 83 

Hie jacet corpus HEZRiE Bourn, 

Studiosi Collegii Harvardini, 

quod est Cantabrigise, adhuc 

non gradati, et filii Hezr^ 

Bourn, Sandvvichiense, Armieg- 

eri e vita discessit Junii, 

Secundo die. Anno Christi 

1736, ^tatis suae 20. 



Here lyes y^ body 

of IVP^ Sarah 

Prentice, wife to 

M". Henry Prentice 

(& Daug^^ of M«. Jacob 

and M^^. Susanna 

Hill) who died 

July 8^^ 1736. in y« 

2V^. year of her age. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of William Bradish, 

son of M«. John & M^\ 

Hephzibath Bradish 

who died Octo''^ 

VK 1736 in y« 22"^ 

year of his age. 



1737, 



Here lyes buried 

y^ body of M" . 

Daniel Weare 

Aged 74 years 

who dec^. Jan-^y. 27^^ 

1736. 



84 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Sub hoc Marmore conditum est Corpus 

Viri admodum Reverend! D. Benjamin 

Wadsworth nuper Collegii Harvardini 

Praesidis lectissimi ; olim primae Ecclesiae 

apud Bostonienses Pastoris fidelissimi. Qui 

Scientia tarn Divina, quam Humana, Pietate 

& Charitate, Prudentia & Humilitate, Pati- 

-entia & Fortitudine, Diligentia & Fidelitate 

prse plurimis claruit, imo et harum omnium 

Virtutum Exemplar edidit vividum ac 

illustrissimum. Quiq postquam munere 

Pastoris Ecclesiae per spatium triginta 

circiter Annorum ; et deinde Praesidis 

Academiae Annos quasi duodecim fideli- 

-ter perfunctus fuerat, Spe Beatae resur- 

-rectionis, et Solamine Verborum Apostoli 

I. Pet, I. 3. ad 10. ex Corde atque Ore ema- 

-nantium obiit in Domino die Martii de- 

-cimo sexto, Anno MDCCXXXVII. 

^t. 68. 
Pretiosa est Oculis Domini^ Mors Sanctorum. 

Benjamin Wadsworth, the son of Captain Samuel Wadsworth, 
graduated at Harvard College 1690, and was ordained minister of 
the first church in Boston, Sept. 8, 1696, where he remained till 
his election as president of Harvard College, July, 1725 ; he died 
March 16, 1737, "lamented with more than ordinary demonstra- 
tions of sorrow." He was a man of sound learning, an earnest, 
truthful, and pathetic preacher. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

M"^. Ruth Robbins, 

wife to M"^. Thomas 

Robbins ; who died 

June 27^^. 1737 in y« 35'^ 

year of her age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 85 

Here lyes y^ body 

of M^^ Martha 

GoDDARD, wife 

to M''. Benjamin 

GoDDARD ; who 

died NovS 26^^ 1737 

Aged 67 years. 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of Dea*'^". 

Joseph Coollidge 

who departed this life 

Decem^^ 17^^. 1737 in y^ 

72"*^. year of his age. 



1738. 



Here lyes buried 

y^ body of M^. Joseph Sprague ; 

who departed this Hfe 

March 12^^ Anno Dom"^ 173| 

in y^ 47^^ year of his age. ^ 

Joseph Sprague and Eleanor Phipps were married Feb, 1, 1727-8. 



Here lyes buried 

y^ body of 

M'*. John Dickson ; 

who departed this life 

March 22^. A. D. 1737 in 

ye 82*^ year of his age. 

John Dickson, or Dixon, was the son of William Dickson — who 
was freeman 1642, and member of the church — and of Jane, his 
wife ; he married Margery VVinship, May 12, 1687. 
8 



86 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

y« body of M^. 

Benjamin Dana ; 

who departed this life 

Augst, i3ih, Anno Dom'. 1738 in 

ye 79th jQ^Y Qf Jjjg agg^ 

Benjamin Dana was the son of Richard Dana and Ann 
[BuIIard], his wife, of Cambridge, members of the church ; he 
married Mary Buckmaster, May 24, 1688. 

Here lyes buried y^ body 

of M'^^ Sarah Kidder 

Wife to Deacon Samuel 

Kidder ; who departed 

this life, November 15^^ 

1738 aged 72 years. 

Samuel Kidder and Sarah Griggs were married Oct. 23, 1689. 

Hie depositee sunt Reliquiae 

Jonathan Remington 

Collegii Harvadini quondam Alumni, 

Artium Baccalaurei, fihi 

Jonathan Remington 

Armigeri, qui obiit die 24^*^ Decembris, 

Anno Dom"\ 1738. ^ta^'^ suae 23^*^ 



1739. 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of M". 

Joseph Cook 

who died May y® 

. 27 Anno Dom"'. 1739 

Aged about 68 years. 

Joseph Cook (the third of that name) was son of Joseph, who 
graduated at Harvard College in 1660 or 1661, was admitted 
member of the church May 18, 1665, freeman 1666, married Martha 
Stedman Dec. 4, 1665; Joseph, second, was son of Joseph — of 
Cambridge, freeman in 1636, member of the church, representative 
1636 - 1640, member of the Ar. Co. 1640 — and of Elizabeth, his 
wife. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 87 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of Lieu^ 

Amos Marrett ; 

who departed this life 

Nov^ 17^\ Anno Dom"'. 1739 

Aged 81 years & 9 M^ 

Lieutenant Amos Marrett was the son of John and Abigail, 
grandson of Thomas Marrett or Marriot — who was freeman 1636, 
and deacon of the church — and of Susan, his wife ; he married 
Bethya Longhorn, Nov. 2, 1681, who died Nov. 20, 1730, and 
"Lieut. Amos Marrett and Mrs. Ruth Dunster" were married 
Nov. 22, 1732. 

Here lyes y® body 

of M«^ Sarah 

Morse, wife to M*^. 

John Morse ; who 

died Decem^'^. 21^ A. D. 

1739. Aged 21 years 

10 Months, & 22 Days. 



1740. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of Margarit Woods, 

Daug^^ of M*. Peter & J 

M^^. Margarit Woods ; 

who died Febru''^'. 

y« 3^ 1739, in y« 

22^ year of her age. 



Here lyes buried y® 

body of M*^^ Mary 

Bull, wife to M«. 

Samuel Bull ; 

who died Febr^. 

y« 9% A. D. 17||- in y« 

30^^ year of her age. 



88 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



Lydia Stedman 

Daug^ of M^. Ebenezer 

& M''^ Lydia Stedman 

Died June y^ 5^^ 

1740. Aged 2 years 

2 Months & 10 Days. 



William Holyoke, 

youngest son of y^ Rev''. 

M^. Edward Holyoke 

& M'^^ Margarit his 

wife ; died June 

23'^. 1740. Aged 2 

Years & 9 Months. 



Ruth Bordman 

Dau^^ of M". Andrew 

& M««. Sarah 

Bordman, Died 

June 23^, 1740. 

Aged 7 years 4 

Months & 23 Days. 



Martha 

Stedman, died 

June 23^ 1740 

Aged 4 years 

1 Month & 23 Days 

The Children 



Sarah 

Stedman, died 

June 24^h^ 1740 

Aged 5 years 

& 8 Months. 

of M**. Ebenezer 

Lydia Stedman. 



cambridge epitaphs. 89 

Andrew Bordman 
son of M**. Andrew 

& M««. Sarah 

BoRDxMAN, Died 

June 24^^ 1740. 

Aged 5 years 2 
Months & 9 Days. 



iVP^. Margarit Holyoke, wife to 

y® Rev^. M^. Edward Holyoke 

President of Harvard College ; (and 

youngest Daug^^ of y^ Hon^^^ Coll°. John 

Appleton of Ipswich late 

Deceased) died June 25^*^. A. D. 

1740. having enter'd her 40''^ 
year, y^ 19^^ day of March last. 



Here lyes buried 

y® body of 

M'*. Samuel Smith; 

who departed this Q 

life Ocf. 19^^ Anno Dom'. 
1740. jEtatis suse 54. 



Here lyes interr'd y° 

body of Anne, Daug^"*. 

of y® Rev^. William 

Hobby of Reading 

& M^^ Lucy his wife 

Died Nov"^ 13^^ 174Q 

aged 4 years & 7 M°. 

8* 



90 cambridge epitaphs. 

Ebenezer Stedman 

son of M". Ebenezer 

& M«^ Lydia Stedman 

Died November 

15^^ 1740 Aged 

6 Months & 20 Days. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

Sibeyll Wigglesworth, 

youngest child of y® Rev*^. 

Edward Wigglesworth, 

D. D. & M«^ Rebecca 

his wife, who died 

Decem''^ 28^*^. 1740. in y« 

5^^. year of her age. 



1741. 



Jane a Negro Serv"^ to 

Andrew Bordman 

Esq^ Died March 

IV^ 174-J- Aged 22 

years & 3 Months. 



Sarah Martha 

Fessenden Died Fessenden Died 

Sep^ y" 12^^ 1746. May y« IT^ 1741 

Aged 2 Months Aged 11 Months. 

The Children of M«. William 

Fessenden Jun''. & M^^ Mary his wife. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 91 

Here lyes buried y^ body 
of M». John Bradish ; 

one of y® Deacons of y® 

Church of Christ in this Town ; 

who departed this life 

July 17^^ Anno Dom'. 1741 

in y® 64^-^. year of his age. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

John Pecker, Student of 

Harvard College ; son of Cap^ 

John Pecker of Haverhill 

& M«^ Hannah his wife 

who died Sept^ 7^*^. 

Anno Dom"*. 1741 in y® 

18^^. year of his age. 



Here lyes y® body of 

Mary Holyoke Daug^^ 

of y^ Rev*^. M". Edward 

& ]^P^ Margarit Holyoke ; 

who died Octo'^^ 

V\ A. D. 1741. Aged 11 

years & 6 Months. O 



1742. 

Here lyes buried y^ body of 

M^^. Hephzibah Prentice Relict 

of M'^. Solomon Prentice, 

who departed this life Jan''^. 

15^^. Ann°. Dom'. 1741 in y« 

89'-^. year of her age. 

Thair had desended from her 140 Persons 

of whom 92 remained w^hen she died. 

The wife of Solomon Prentice, Sen., son of Plenry and Joan 
Prentice. See Solomon Prentice, 1719. § 



92 * CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of M^. 

Nathaniel Robbins ; 

who departed this 

life Jan-^^ 16^\ 1741. in y^ 

64^^. year of his age. 



Here lyes buried y® 

body of M^^ Faith 

Prentice, wife to M". 

Stephen Prentice 

who departed this life 

Jan'^y. 23'^. Anno Dom'. 1741 

in y® 54^**. year of her age. 

The wife of Stephen, son of Solomon and Hephzibah ; Solo- 
mon was son of Henry and Joan. 



Here lyes buried y® 

body of M«^ Mary 

Balch, wife to M«. 

Benjamin Balch 

w^ho departed this life 

Jan'^J'. 28^*^ Anno Dom. 174^ in 

ye 64th ygaj. Qf Jjgj. ggg^ 



Here lyes buried 

y® Remains of M". 

Isaac. Watson ; 

who departed this life 

Feb-'y. 27'^ Anno Dom', 

1741 Aged 62 yedrs. 

Son of Abraham Watson and Mary his wife ; Abraham was 
son of John Watson, Sen., and Rebecca, daughter of Anne Er-. 
rington ; Isaac married Anna . 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 93 



Eunice Bradish 
Daughter of ]\P. 



Ebenezer & M"^. 

Eunice Bradish ; 

Died March 5^^ 1741 

Aged 9 IVP & 14 D^ 



Here lyes buried y® 

body of M«^. Prudence 

Hancock, wife to M". 

Nathani^^. Hancock 

who departed this life 

July 15^\ Anno Dom'. 

1742. Aged 72 years. 



1743. 

Here lyes y® body of M^^. 

Lucy Remington, 

wife of y® Hon^'^. Jonathan 

Remington ; who 

departed this life, 

April y^ 18^S Anno Dom"'. 1743 O 

in y^ 63*^ year of her age. 

Her maiden name was Broadstreet ; she was married to Jona- 
than Remington, Sept. 5, 1711. 

Here lyes interred y^ body 

of M^^ Sarah Gardiner, 

Daug^^ of M«. John & M«^ Sarah 

Gardiner of New-London ; dec"^. 

(Grand-Daug^^ of y<^ Hon'^^^ Gurdon 

Saltonstall late Governor of 

y^ Collony of Connecticut, dec^.) who 

died Aug^ 6^^ A. D. 1743. iEtatis 26. 



94 cambridge epitaphs. 

William Angier 
son of M". William 

& M«^ Ruth 

Angier ; Died Sep^ 

13^\ 1743. Aged 2 

Months & 1 Day. 



Here lyes y® Body 

of Mary Champney, 

Daug. of M«. Samuel & 

M"^. Abigail Champney ; 

Who Died Sep^ 22'^<^ 

1743 Aged 2 years 

5 Months & 2 Days. 



Here lyes y® body of 

Sarah Wyeth, 

Daug^^ of M''. Jonathan 

& M'^^ Hepzibah 

Wyeth ; who died 

Sep^ y« 23*^. 1743, in y^ 

26^^. year of her age. 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of M«. 

Jonathan Wyeth ; 

who departed this life 

SepK 24^h^ Anno Dom^'. 1743 

in y^ 53*^ year of his age. 



caimbridge epitaphs. 95 

Anna Watson 
Dau^^ of M«. Isaac 
& I^P^ Elizabeth 

Watson. Died 
Octob^ 24^h. 1743 

Aged 1 year 10 
Months & 2 Days. 



1744. 

Here lyes buried y^ 
body of M«^ Mary 
Marrett, wife to M^. 
Edward Marrett ; 
Jun^. who departed this 
life Jan-^y. 15^\ 1743, in 
yfi 30^1^ year of her age. 



1745. 

Here lyes y^ body of M^^. 

Ruth Wadsworth (Rehct 

of y^ Rev. M«. Benjamin 

Wadsworth, late President 

of Harvard College in Cambridge ;) 

Who departed this Life 

February y« 17^^ ^. D. 174| 

in y^ 73'^ Year of her Age. 



Here lyes buried y® 

body of M«^ 

Sarah Learnard ; 

wife to M*^. Abijah 

Learnard ; who died 

May &\ A. D. 1745 in y' 

2S^^. year of her age. 



96 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1746. 

Here lyes y® body 

of Susanna Morse 

Daug^^ of M"^. William 

& M«^ Anna Morse ; 

who died Feb'-y. 

2V\ 1745 Aged 15 

years & 10 Months. 



Here Lyes Buried 

y« Body of M^. 

Samuel Champney 

Who Departed this 

Life March the 8^^ 

•Bnno Domini 1745. 

Aged 79 Years. 



Martha Stedman 

Daug^ of M**. Ebenezer 

& M«^ Lydia Stedman 

Died Oct^"^. 10^\ 1746 

Aged 1 year 2 M°. & 11 D^ 



1747, 



Here lyes buried 

the Body of 

Andrew Bordman, Esq'"; 

who departed this life 

May y« 30^^ Mno Dom^K 1747 

in y® 76^^ year of his age. 

He was the son of Andrew and Ruth, and grandson of William 
and Frances. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 97 

Here lyes y^ body 

of M'*^ Rebeckah 

Cheney wife to M**. 

Joseph Cheney ; 

who departed this 

life in Octob^ 1747 

Aged 73 years. 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of M«. 

Amos Marrett ; 

who departed this life 

Nov^^ 14th^ ^nno Dom"'. 1747 

in y^ 46^^. year of his age. 

He was the son of Lieutenant Amos Marrett, and married Mary 
Dunster, Sept. 21, 1732. 



Silence Champney, 

Daug^^ of M«. Solomon 

& M"^ Abigail Champney; 

Died Nov^^ y« 29^\ 

1747. Aged 7 
Years 8 M«. & 10 D^ 



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1748. 



Here lyes Buried y® 

Body of M'*. Winslow 

Warren, son of James 

Warren, Esq'"; of Plymouth, 

& M'*^ Penelope his Wife, 

A young Gentleman of great 

Hopes ; Who Died March 

ye gih AD. 1747. iEtatis 15. 



98 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of Mary Read 

Daug^^ of M«. James & 

M«^ Hannah Read ; 

who died Aug. 12^^. 1748 
in y^ 3^. year of her age. 



Here lyes Buried y^ 
Body of M«^ Hannah 
Champney. Widow of 

M«. Samuel Champney 
Who Departed this life 

Sep^ VK A. D. 1748. in y^ 
78^^ Year of Her Age. 



Here lyes y® body 

of M^. Benjamin 

GoDDARD ; who 

departed this hfe 

Ocf^. 24^^. 1748. in y« 

8P^ year of his age. 



1749. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Noah Sparhawke ; 

who departed this life, 

Feb'^y. y« 4^^. Anno Dom" 

174f . Aged 51 years 

11 Months, &20 Days. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 99 

Here Lyes Buried the 

Body of M^^. Elizabeth 

Prentice wife to Dea'^^" 

Henry Prentice 

Who departed this life 

March 13 •^nno Dom. 

1748. Aged 52 years. 



Here Lyes Buried 

the body of 

M". Daniel Dana. 

Who Departed this Life 

Octo^^ W^. Anno Domi'\ 1749, 

in y« 86^^ Year of His Age. 



Mary Fessenden 

Daug^^ of M"*. William 

Fessenden Jun''. &: M'*''. 

Mary his wife ; died 

Nov^ 15^^. 1749. aged 

5 years & 4 M«. 



Elizabeth Bordman 

Daug'^^ of Andrew 

Bordman Esq^ and 

M'*^. Sarah, his wife, 

Died Nov^^ 16^^. 1749 Aged 7 years 7 

Months & 17 Days. 



100 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1750. 

Here lyes buried y® body 

of M^^. Rebecca Coollidge 

(late wife of Dea^°". Joseph 

Coollidge deceased) who 

departed this hfe July 

the VK A. D. 1750 in the 

82"^ year of her age. 



Here lies the 

body of M«. 

Thomas Soden Jun'*. 

who died July 

y« 5^\ 1750. 

in y® 25^^. year 

of his age. 



Here lyes y® body 

of James Reed 

son of M^. James & 

M«^ Hannah Reed 

who died July 29^^. 1750 
Aged 5 months & 7 I>\ 



Here lyes y® body 

of Benjamin Cooper, 

son of M«. Walter & 

M««. Martha Cooper ; 

who departed this life 
Sep^ y« IV^ 1750. in y« 

20^^. year of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 101 

1751. 

Here lieth the Body of 

M«^ Naomi Dana the 

widow of M". Daniel Dana 

who died on the 24^^. day 

of February A. D. 175^ 

In the 82^^ Year of her Age. 



Here lyes buried y® body 

of M«\ Mary Reed 

rehct of M«. James Reed 

who departed this hfe 

April y« 20^\ A. D. 1751 in 

y® 73^. year of her age. 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of M*^. 

John Goddard ; 

who died May 12'*'. 

1751. aged 41 years 

11 Months &24 D^ 



Here lyes buried y^ 

body of M^^ Sarah 

Richardson, wife to 

M". Abiel Richardson 

who departed this life 
May 24^i\ 1751 Aged 27 
years 9 Months & 27 D^ 
9* 



102 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

y® body of Cap*-. 

Benjamin Dana ; 

who departed this hfe 

June 5^*^ Anno Dom'. 1751 in 

y® 63*^ year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 
the body of M'*. 
John Robbins ; 
who departed this 
life June 10^^ Anno Dom^ 
1751. aged 72 years. 



Samuel Stedman 

son of Cap^ Ebenezer 

& ]VP^ Lydia Stedman 

Died Aug. y« 9^^ 1751 

Aged 2 years 

and 3 Months. 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of M«. 

Walter Cooper ; 

who departed this 

life Sept^ 27^^ 1751 

Aged 55 years. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M^. James Clark 

who departed this life 

Octo"- the 29^^. 1751 

aged 69 years. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 103 

1753. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Richard Mooers ; 

who departed this hfe 

Jan'^y. y«22'i AD 1751 in 

ye g3lh yg^j. Qf Jj}g ggg^ 



Here lyes buried 

the body of Cap*" 

Moses Bordman ; 

who departed this life 

Jan'^y. 2S^^ Anno Dom\ 1751 

in y^ 75^^ year of his age. 

Here lyes buried y® 

body of M«^ Sarah 

Hill, widow of M^. 

Abraham Hill 

who departed this 

life March 30^\ 1752 in 

y® 80^^. year of her age. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M^. 

Abraham White ; 

who departed this life 

May y« 28^^ A. D. 1752 in 

y^ SS'^. year of his age. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

M^ Michael Stanley 

who died Sept^ 

y« W^, 1752 in y« 49^^ 

year of his age. 



o 



104 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Edmund Frost, 

who departed this life 

Nov^^ the 6'^. 1752, in y« 

73*^ year of his age. 

Edmund Frost was the son of Ephraim and Hephzibah, grand- 
son of Edmund and Thomasine Frost, who came to N. E. with 
Rev. Thomas Shepard, in 1635, and were members of the church ; 
his wife's name was Hannah. 

Here lyes y^ body of 

M"^ Sarah Sparhawke 

widow to M^. Samuel 

Sparhawke who died 

Decem^ y« 8^^. 1752 in y« 

85^^ year of her age. 



17^3. 

David Robbins, son 

of M«. Solomon 

& M^^ Martha 

Robbins ; died 

Jan'-y. 13^^ 1753. aged 
3 years & 9 Mon«. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Abraham Ireland ; 

who departed this life 

January 24^^, Anno Dom. 1753. 

in y^ 8V^ year of his age. 

God Brought him from a Distant Land 

And Did preserve by his Mighty hand 

God Blest him with old Age 

And a great Posterity ; 

Pray God to give them Grace 

To fly to Christ, 

To prepare them for Great Eternity. By a Relation. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 105 

Here lyes buried 

y^ body of M'*. 

Moses Boardman Jun^ 

who departed this life 

March S^\ Anno Dom"'. 1753 

in y® 50^^. year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M*^. Joseph Bean, 

who departed this life 

May 23'i. AD. 1753 in y* 

65^^. year of his age. 



Deborah Frost, Eldest 

Dau^^ of M«. Abraham 

& M'^^ Mary 

Frost, Died Octo^^ 

8^^. 1753 Aged 5 

years 6 Months 

& 26 Days. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M''. 

Edward Thwing 

who died Nov^^ y^ IV^, 

A. D. 1753 in y« 37 

year of his age. 



106 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Mary Holyoke Dautr. 

of y« Rev^. M«. Edward 

Holyoke President of 

Harvard College & 

M^^. Mary his wife was 

born Dec"". 12^^. 1742 Died 

Nov^ 13^^. 1753. & is here buried. 



In hoc tumulo reconditi sunt 

cineres Johannis Holyoke 

A. B. Collegii Harvardini 

Alumni, Reverendi Praesidis filii 

Secundi, optimse spei Juvenis, 

qui obiit Decembris 30"^° 

r Christi MDCCLHI 

Anno < jEtatis 20 

C Baccalaureatus 3™° 



1754. 



Here lyes y® body 

of M««. Hannah 

Marrett, wife 

to M'*. Edward 

Marrett ; who died. 

April 9^^. 1754. in y« 

85^^. year of her age. 



Here lyes buried 

y® body of 

M^. Edward 

Marrett ; who 

departed this life 

April IP^. 1754. in y 

84^^. year of his age. 



Here lyes buried y* Body of 

M"^. Rebecca Wigglesworth 

Wife to y^ Rev. Edward 

Wigglesworth, DD. and 

Plollisian Professor of Divinity 

in Harvard College, Who 
Departed this life June 5^^ AD. 
1754. in y® 55^^ year of her Age. 
The second wife of Rev. Edward Wigglesworth, the first ; her 
maiden name was Coolidge, and she was married to Mr. Wiggles- 
worth Sept. 10, 1729. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



107 



Here lyes buried y® 
body of M»«. Sarah 
St E DM AN widow to 
M^. John Stedman 
who departed this life 
July the P' A. D. 1754 in y^ 
85^^ year of her age. 



Here lyes Buried 
the Body of M«. 
John Barrett 
who departed this 
Life Nov^ 16. 1754 
Aged 49 Years. 



Here lyes y® Body of 
M^^. Ruth Barrett 

Widow to M«. 
John Barrett Who 

died Decem^ 25^^ 17(58. 
Aged 61 Years. 



Also Hannah Barrett their Dau^^ died 
Feb'-y. S^. 1759. Aged 21 Years. 



Here lies buried 

the body of M«. 

Abraham Hill 

who departed this 

life Dec'": the 27^^. 

1754 

Aged 66 years. 



:j 



1755. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Nathaniel Hancock 

who departed this 

life May the 10^^ 

1755. 

Aged 87 years. 



108 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1750. 

Hie sepultus est Abel 

Reverend! Aaronis 

Whitney Petershamensis 

Filius, et Collegii 

Harvardini alumnus ; qui 

Anno jEta' 16"^« occubuit 

Martii 15'"'' AD. 1756. 



Here lyes buried 
y« body of M*. 
Walter Cooper, 
Jun'". who departed 
this hfe April y^ VK 
1756. in y« 28^^ year 
of his age. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

William Fessenden; 

who departed this life 

May the 26^\ 1756. in y« 

63^ year of his age. 



Here lyes y® body of 
Caleb Taft a student 

of y« Collidge. Son of CapV 

JosiAH & M"^ Lydia 

Taft of Uxbridge ; who 

Died Sep^ y« 19^^ 1756 in 
ye iQih^ year of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 109 

Here lies y® body of 

Jonathan Wyeth 

son of M«. 

John & M«^ 

Elizabeth Wyeth 

Aged 8 years 

Died Sep^ 29^^. 1756. 



Here lies buried 

the body of M«. 

John Wyeth 

who departed this 

life Oct^ 23^. 

1756 
Aged 51 years. 



1757. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

George Sparhawk 

son of M«. Noah & M«^ 

Priscilla Sparhawk 

who died Jan""^. 27^^ 1757. in 

ye Iglh yg^f Qf Jjjg Q^Q ^ 



In memory of M**^. 


Hannah Bean, y^ wife 


of M^. Joseph Bean 


late dec^. who 


died Sep^ y« 8^^^ 


1757 in y« 75^^ 


year of her age. 


10 



no 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



1758. 

Timothy Darlin 

son of M^. William 

& M«^ Lydia Darlin 

Died Feb'y 25^^ 1758 

Aged, 1 Year. 



Here lyes buried 

the Body of M^. 

Solomon Prentice, 

who departed this 

life June 25^^ 1758. 

Aged 84 years. 



Here lyes buried 

the Body of M«^ 

Lydia Prentice, 

wife to M^. 

Solomon Prentice 

who departed this 

life April 25^h 1753 

Aged 81 years. 



William Stedman 

Son of Cap^ Ebenezer 

& M'*^ Lydia Stedman 

Died May y« VK 1758 

Aged 2 years 7 

Months & 9 Days 



Here lyes the body of 

Stephen Coollidge ; M. A. 

& sometimes Master of the 

Free School in this Town. 

Who departed this life 

May 6^^. 1758. in the 50^^ 

year of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. Ill 

Here lyes y® Body of 

Mary Wigglesworth 2"^ Dau^^ 

of Edward Wigglesworth 

D. D. & Hollisian Professor of 

Divinity in Harvard College. 

She Departed this life July 

5^^\ 1758 Being just entered 

Upon y® 26 Year of Her Age. 



Walter Cooper, 

son of Walter & 

Lydia Cooper died 

Sep^ 14^h 1758 Aged 
2 years & 5 Mon^ 



1759. 



M^^. Elizabeth Epes 

Daughter of the late Hon^^^ 

Symonds Epes of 

Ipswich Esq"". & Mary his Wife 

(now wife to y*^ Rev^. M'^. Edward 

HoLYOKE, Pres^'. of Harvard 

College) Died at Cambridge Feb. 14 

1759, in y® 22 year of her age. 



In memory of 

David Nichols son 

of M^ Daniel & M'^^ 

Abigail Nichols. Who 

died Nov^^ 20^^ 1759 in 

ye 15th ygar of his age. 



112 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M^. 

John Palfrey ; 

who departed this life 

Decern'-. y« VK 1759 in y« 

7P^ year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 

y« body of M^. 

Benjamin Goddard ; 

of Grafton, who departed this 

hfe Decern'-. 10^^. 1759 in y^ 

55^\ year of his age. 



1760. 

Here lyes interr'd y® body 

of IVP^. Mary Lyon in her 

first marriage Consort to M^. 

Thomas Prentice, whom she 

survived more than 50 years, & 

expired March y« 2^'. 1760 in y« 84^^ 

year of her age. not impatient 

of Life, but satisfied with it : 

Her Children rise up and call her blessed. 



Samuel Epes Armig^". Procurator rerum forensium 

benignus et humanus, Collegii-Harvardini dim Alumnus, 

Honorat. Dom. Symonds Epes Ipswicensis Armig'. et Marise 

Uxoris (hoc Tempore autem, Dom'. Rev^'. Edvardi Holyoke 

Collegii prsedicti Prsesidis, conjugis) Filius unigenus, 

Sobolesq. eorum unica et ultima. 

Spei non vulgaris Juvenis, ingenii etiam pulcherrimi, 

Grandia unde, in Patrice suae Emolumentum, exequendi, 

Capax fuit ; et non tantum capax, Indolem autem propter 

Ejus Benevolam ; omnibus prodesse paratus ; Almse 

Matri autem ejus Harvardinse, prsesertim, cui Testament© 

ejus ultimo Libras trecenias pie legavit. 

Qui mala Corporis labitudine diuturna, Atrophia 

scit, tabescente, maceratus, Animam ejus in Jesu sinum 

expiravit Junii 30™" Anno Christi 1760 iEtatis 27. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 113 

Huic tumulo mandanlur exuviae 

Viri admodum venerabilis 

Henrici Flynt Armigeri 

Academiae Harvardinae Alumni, 

Ejusdemque (circiter annos sexaginta) Socii et Tutoiis 

Magna ex Parte Primarii, 

Equanimitate vix aequiparanda Praediti: 

Pietate, Probitate, et Eruditione conspicui : 

Studiis Historicis, Politicis et Praecipue Sacris, 

Et intei* Sacra Phropheticis, 

Maxime addicti: 

Concionatoris gravis, solidi et pungentis: 

Qui Charitatis Catholicae Exemplar 

Haud aspernandum Bonis omnibus exhibuit 

Et Graviorum Religionis Christianas Tenax 

De Minutiis fuit parum solicitus. 

Tandem 

Plenus Dierum 

Et Longaevitate saturatus 

Annum jEtatis Octogesimum quintum agens, J) 

Inconcussa spe beatae Immortalitatis 

Efflavit Annimam, 

Decimo Tertio Februarii, 

Annoque Salutis humanae 

Millesimo Septingentesimo Sexagesimo. 

Henry Flynt, son of the Rev. Josiah Flynt, of Dorchester, was 
born in 1676, grraduated at Harvard College 1693, was Tutor from 
1699 till 1754, Fellow from 1700 till 1760, and died Feb. 13, 1760 ; 
he was a man of sound learning, of acute and discriminating in- 
tellect ; firm but moderate, steadfast in opinion, but without ob- 
stinacy ; zealous and faithful in the discharge of his various duties. 
10* 



114 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y^ body 

of Jonathan Cooper 

son of M". Jonathan 

Cooper Jun'". & M«^ 

Marcy his Wife who 

died SepK 17^^ 1760 

Aged 2 years. 



Here lyes buried y® body of 

IVP^. Abigail Monis, consort 

to M". JuDAH Monis ; (Hebrew 

Instructor in Harvard College) 

who departed this life 

Octo^ y« 27^h. 1760. in y« 

60^^. year of her age. 



1761. 

Here lies buried y^ body of 
M^^ Hannah Soden 

the wife of M". Thomas 

SoDEN, who departed 

this life Feb-^^ y« 19^^ 

1761. aged 66 years. 



1763. 

Hie jacet 

Noah Merrick oplimse spei Juvenis 

Rev*^'. Noah Merrick et Abigail uxoris 

de Springfield Filius 

Qui 

annos ad septemdecim natus 

cursus accademici jam turn expleturus 

Annum 

inter lavandum Flumine (ah multum flebihs) periit 

Die XXIV Junii MDCCLXII. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 115 

Here lyes y^ body of 
M^^ Lydia Darlin wife 
of M«. William Darlin 

who departed this life 
Sept. ye 4th, 1752: 

Aged 35 years. 



1763. 



Here lyes buried y^ 
body of M«^ Mary 
Dana y« wife of M«. 
William Dana who 
died March y« 5, 1763 
in y^ 45 year of her age. 

The sweet remembrance of the just 
Shall flourish when they sleep in dust. 



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1764. 



Here lyes buried 

the Body of M«. 

Jonathan Sprague 

who departed this life 

July the 6'\ 1764. 

Aged 48 years. 



116 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

To the memory of 

Ann Ellery, 

Consort of William Ellery 

of Newport Rhode Island, Merch^ 

and Daughter 

of the late Judge Remington. 

In every Relation of Life 

She exhibited a becoming Behaviour 

was 

sensible and quick of Apprehension 

sprightly and agreeable in Conversation, 

hospitable, charitable, sincere & pious. 

Died Sep^ 7^^ 1764 ^tat ; 39. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

Mary Marrett 

Dau^^ of M«. Amos and 

M^^ Mary Marrett 

who departed this life 

Octo^ y« 17^1^ 1764 in y« 

16^^. year of her age. 



M^^. Hannah Burrill, 
widow of the Honourable 

Theophilus Burrill, 

Late of Lynn, Esq"^; 
died November 19^^^ 1764. 

in y^ 7S year of her age. 



Here lyes y^ Body of 

M'^^ Mary Tufts, widow 

of M"^. Nathaniel Tufts ; 

who departed this life 

Decem^ the 26. 1764 

Aged 70 years. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 117 



1765. 



Hulc tumulo mandantur exuviae 
Viri Reverend! Edvardi Wigglesworth <S. T. D. 

Senatus Harvardini plus annis quadraginta Socii : 

Theologiae Professoris Hollisiani primi ; 

Cui muneri 

Perspicax ingenium, ratioclnandi facultas eximia, mens 

Peritia rerum humanarum divinarumque accurata, 

Stylus concinnus lucidusque in rebus exponendis ordo, 

Et quoque pietas ab ineunte aelate insignis, 

Morumque probitas 

Hunc ante alios idoneum fecerant : 

Ipsiusque deinde praelectiones 

Ad docendum mire accommodatas, 

Literatis item omnibus probatissimas reddiderunt. 

In Controversiis 

Temperatus, aequus, candidus, 

Simul et acer, nervosus, praepotens extitit. 

In domo sua, et inter cives, 

Conjux peramans, parens benevolentissimus ; 

Paterfamilias Justus, mansuetus, clemens ; 

Amicus comis, ardens, constans ; 

Egentibus liberalis ; 

Consulere cupientibus aditu facillimus Q 

Animo placido, hilari, benigno. 

In rebus vel secundis vel adversus immoto, 

Observantiam ubique conciliavit et amorem. 

Partes sibi concredilas fideliter exequendo, 

Mentis ad extremum usque spiritum compos, 

Christo vixit. 

In Christo 

Spe immortalitatis beatae erectus, 

XVI Januarii, A. D. M.DCCLXV, iEtatis LXXIII, 

suaviter obdormiit. 

Rev. Edward Wigglesworth, D. D., was son of Rev. Michael 
and Sibyl Wigglesworth, of Maiden, Mass. ; graduated at Har- 



118 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



vard College in 1710 ; unanimously appointed first Hollisian Pro- 
fessor of Divinity, inducted into office Oct. 24, 1722, and died Jan. 
16, 1765. Dr. Chauncy, in his " Sketch of Eminent Men in 
New England," bears witness to his " firmness to his own princi- 
ples, his charity to those of others, his learning, piety, and useful- 
ness, strength of mind, largeness of understanding, extraordinary 
talent, catholic spirit and conduct, notwithstanding great tempta- 
tions to the contrary." 



Here lyes y® body of 

Eunice Cook, Dau'^''. 

of M^. Samuel & M«^ 

Joanna Cook ; who 

died April 7^^. 1765. Aged 

17 years & 8 Months. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M^. 

Jonathan Cooper, Jun^ 

who departed this life 

April y^ 26^^ 1765. in y« 

3PK year of his age. 



Here lyes buried 
the body of M«. 

Samuel Cook Jun'". 

who departed this life 
April y« 30^^. 1765. Aged 

23 years & 5 Months. 



Here lyes y^ body of 
Lydia Cook Dau^^ of 
M«. Samuel & W\ 
Joanna Cook, who 
died June 20^^ 1765. Aged 
31 years & 7 Months. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 119 

Here lyes y^ Body of 
Solomon Prentice, 
son of M". Solomon 

and M«^ Hannah 

Prentice ; who died 

Sep^ y« S. 1765. in y« 

2P^ year of his age. 



1766. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M^. Richard Gardner 

who departed this life 

January the 7^^. 1766 

Aged 73 years. 



In Memory of 

Mary Nutting 

Dau^'*. of M«. John & 

M"^ Mary Nutting 

Who died 

April 12^^. 1766. Aged 

3 Years & 11 Months. 



1767. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M^. Benjamin Cragbone 

who departed this life 

March y« 28^\ 1767 

Aged 56 years. 



120 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Jonathan Wyeth ; 

who departed this life 

April y« 26^h, 1757^ j^ y 

52^ year of his age. 



Here lyes y^ body of 

M"®. Hannah Frost, widow 

to M". Edmund Frost ; 

who departed this life 

May the 15^^ 1767. in y« 

84^^. year of her age. 



Here lyes Buried 

the Body of M«. 

John Morse 

Who departed this 

Life Oct°. 7'^ 1767. 

Aged 62 years. 



1768, 



Here lyes y^ body of 

M^^. Martha Cooper, widow 

to M*^. Walter Cooper ; 

who departed this life 

April y« 10^^ 1768. in y« 

66^^ year of her age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 121 

Of 

Stephen Sewall, 

The only child of 

Stephen Sewall, 

Hancock Professor of Oriental Languages 

And Rebecca his Wife, 

grandson to y® Rev'^. D^. Wigglesworth, 

Who died 26^^ Decern^ MDCCLXVIII 

Aged XI Months and 26 Days ; 

The mortal part is here intombed. 

" Of such is the kingdom of heaven." 



Here lyes y® body of 

M^^ Susanna Swain 

widow to M**. 

Benjamin Swain, of Boston 

who departed this hfe 

Decern"". y« 28^^ 1768 in y« 73^^ year of her age. 

■o 



1709. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M"*. William Soden ; 

who departed this life 
Jan'^y. the 17^^. 1759 ;„ ye 
37^^. year of his age. 
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122 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

M. S. 

Viri admoduin reverendi 

Pariter atque honorandi 

Edwardi Holyoke ; 

Qui, 

Praestanti decoratus ingenio ; 

Doctrina instructissimus ; 

Arte moderandi apprime felix ; 

Praeclarus eloquentia ; 

Mira in rebus suo tempore exequendis ; 

Accuratione prseditus ; 

Moribus ornatus sanctissimis ; 

Integritate praesertim ab omni parte intacta ; 

Collegii Harvardini Prcesidis, 

A jacto fundamento undecim munus, 

Amplius triginta annis, 

Cum summa laude sustinuit 

Ac dignitate. 

In vita insuper privata 

Edidit imitandum omnibus exemplum. 

Conjugis amantissimi ; erga liberos pietatis ; 

Urbanitatis in bospites ingenuae comisque ; 

Summi erga amicos studii et constantis ; 

Pauperibus elargiendi ssepissime ; 

Religionis erga Deum, mediante Christo, insignis. 

Vita demum optime peracta, 

Animam Jesu commendavit, expiravitque, 

Calendis Juniis, 

Anno Christi nati MDCCLXIX. 

^tatis suae LXXX. 

Edward Holyoke, of Boston, graduated at Harvard College 
1705, was Tutor from 1712 till 1716, Fellow from 1713 till 1716, 
chosen President 1737, which office he held till 1769, when he 
died, deeply lamented as a man and an officer. " Fidelity and 
uprightness were the prominent features of his character. In 
duty punctual ; in judgment sound ; in manners urbane ; in his 
official relations earnest, assiduous, and unremitting, he acquired 
the confidence of the friends of the seminary, and the esteem of 
the public ; and his administration was at once the longest and one 
of the most prosperous in the annals of Harvard College." 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 123 

Here lies Buried 

the Body of M^ 

Nathan Prentice ; 

who departed this life 
July 29^'\ 1769. in y« 

34th yg^p Qf JJig ^gg^ 



Here lyes y^ Body of 

M«^ Sarah Wis wall, Wife 

to M^. Daniel Wis wall 

Who departed this Life 

Sep^: y«. 17^^ 1769. in y« 

33*^ Year of Her Age. 



1770. 

Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M^ Thomas Soden ; 

who departed this life 

Feb'-y, the 23'^. 1770. in y« 

7P^ year of his age. , q 



Here lyes y® body of 

M^. Ebenezer Shed 

who departed this life 

April y® 17. 1770 Aged 75 years 

Why do w^e mourn departed friends 

Or shake at Deaths Alarms 

Tis but the Voice that Jesus sends 

To call them to His Arms 

Up to the Lord our Flesh shall fly 

At the great Rising Day. 



124 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lyes y® body of 

M«^ Mary Dickson, Wife 

to Lieu^ John Dickson, 

who departed this Hfe 

July the 4^^. 1770. 

Aged 63 years. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of 

Doct^ James Frost; 

who departed this Hfe 

July the 22*^. 1770. Aged 

38 years & 4 Months. 

Also Mary, Dau^^ of Docf^. James 

& M^\ Mary Frost. Died Feb-^^. 24^^, 

1771. Aged 21 Days. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of 

M'*. James Reed ; 

who departed this life 

July y^ 3VK 1770. in y 

40^^. year of his age. 



Here lyes y® Body of 

M««. Lydia Reed Wife to 

M«. Thomas Reed 

Who departed this Life 

Nov^'. the 27^^. 1770. 

Aged 54 years. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 125 

1773. 

Here lies buried 

the Remains of 
M'^. Isaac Watson, 

who departed this 
Life May 17^^. 1772. 

Aged 59 years. 



Here lyes buried 

the body of M«. 

Joseph Porter ; of Bedford 

who departed this life 

August 14^^ 1772. in y« 

24th ygar of his age. 



Here lies Buried 

the Body of 

M^. Caleb Prentice ; 

who departed this Life O 

JVbi;*^ y« 19^^. 1772. in y^ 
52*^ year of His Age. 



Here lies the Body of 

jVP^. Joanna Cook wife 

to ]\P. Samuel Cook ; 

who departed this life 

Mv^"- y^ 28 1772 in y« 

g4th yggj, Qf J^gj. agg, 
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126 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1773. 

Here lies buried 

the Body of 

M«. Isaiah Tufts ; 

who departed this Hfe 

May the VK 1773. 

Aged 33 years. 



Here Hes buried 

the Body of 

M«. William Tufts 

who departed this hfe 

Nov^^ the 2^. 1773. 

Aged 53 years. 



1774. 



Here Hes y^ body of 
M^^ Mary Manning 

wife to M". 

William Manning ; 

who departed this hfe 

May the 15^^ 1774 

Aged 74 years. 



Here hes y^ Body of 

M^^. Susanna Teel, wife 

to M'^. Aaron Teel ; 

who departed this hfe 

June the 4'\ 1774. 

Aged 43 years. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 127 

Here lies buried 

the body of M«. 
Edward Manning; 
who departed this life 

June the 6'^ 1774 

Aged 77 years. 



Here lies y^ body of 

M«^. Rebecca Pratt 

Dau^"^. of M«. William 

Manning who died 

Juney« 19^^ 1774. 

Aged 35 years. 



In Memory of 
WiL". Manning 
son of M«. WiL«. 
& M«^ Rebekah 

Manning : 

who departed 

this life Sept. 22; 

1777. Aged 22 Months 



Rebekah Man= 

NiNG. Daugh'' of M^. 

WiL'^. & M««. Rebekah 

Manning : 

who departed 

this life Sept. 2V\ 

1774. Aged 14 Days. 



Happy the babes who privileg'd by fate 
To shorter labour & a lighter weight 
Rec'^ but yesterday the gift of breath 
Order'd tomorrow to return to death. 



1775. 

Here lies y® Body of 

M^^ Elizabeth Prentice, 

Wife to Deacon Henry 

Prentice ; who died 

April the 7^^ 1775. 

Aged 78 years. 



128 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lies buried 

the body of 

M^. Jonathan Hill ; 

who departed this Hfe 

April 28^^ 1775 ; in y« 

62^^ year of his age. 

In Memy. of 

Polly Brinack 

who died June 

ye is^h 1775 in ye gth 

year of her age. 



Beneath this 

tomb 

rests the remains of 

M". John Hughes 

only son of 

M^. John Hughes 

of Norwich in Connecticut. 

he died in his Countrys cause 

July y« 25^S AD 1775. 

in y^ 2VK 

year of his 

Age. 

Reader, 
Death is a debt to Nature due, 
As I have paid it so must you. 



Here hes buried 

the body of 

Lieu^ John Dickson 

who departed this Hfe 

July 26^^ 1775. in y« 

80^^. year of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 129 

Here lies y^ body 

of M«. John Stearns 

son of the late 

Rev^. M«. David 

Stearns of Lun= 

ingburg : He died 

in the service of 

His Country Aug^: 

22^: 1775 and in 

y® 23*^: year of his age. 



Here lies interr'd 

the body of 

Robert Hastings 

Son of M". Seth, and 

M^^. Hannah Hastings 

who died Oct^ 5^^. 

1775 

in the 9^^. year of his 

Age. 



Here lies interr'd the remains of M'*. 

Seth Hastings, a noted & 

respectable Gentleman ; 

whose Benevolence extended to all. 

Who departed this hfe Ocf. 15^^ 1775. 

in the 54^^ year of his age. 

Blessed are the Dead, who die in the Lord ; they 
Rest from their labour, & their Works follow them. 



Here hes buried 
the body of M^. 

Jonas Prentice ; 

who departed this life 

N0V^^ ye 14th, 1775^ in ye 

63^ year of his age. 



130 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1776. 

Here lies y® body of 

M^^. Mary Bradish wife 

to M^. James Bradish Jun^ 

of Charlestown ; 

who departed this hfe 

March the 4^^. 177(5. 

Aged 47 years. 



Here lies Buried 

the Body of 

Cap^: John Hancock 

Who Departed this Life 

March y« 18^^ 1776. 

Aged 77 Years. 

My flesh shall Slumber in the Ground 
Till the last Trumpet's joyful Sound 
Then burst the Chain with sweet surprise 
And in my Saviour's Image Rise. 



Here lies buried 

the body of 

M^. Thomas Reed; 

who departed this life 

April the 17^i\ 1776. 

Aged 73 years. 



In memory of 

M«^ Tabitha Howe, 

wife of M". William Howe ; 

who departed this life 

June 4^h. 1776. 

iEtatis 57. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



131 



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Here lyes y^ body of 

M"^. Frances Goodwin 

wife to M^. Nathanael 

Goodwin ; of Charlestovvn 

who departed this hfe 

Octo^ the 8^^ 1776. 

Aged 27 years. 



1777. 

Here hes buried 

the body of 

Docf. Andrew Bowman; 

who departed this hfe 

Feb'^y. the 9^^. 1777. 

Aged 23 years. 

The sweet Remembrance of the Just 
Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust. 



M 



Here hes buried 

the body of 

Abigail Frotiiingham 

wife of 

M^. Thomas Frothingham 

late of Charlestovvn Decea^^: 

who died April V\ 1777 

in the 63^ year 

of her age. 



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Here lies the body of 

M^^ Mehitable Skinner 

widow of M^. Thomas Skinner 

who departed this life 

April the20^h 1777 

Aged 88 years. 



132 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Huic tumulo mandantur exuvise 

JOHANNIS WaDSWORTH A. M. 

Duxburgiae nati 

Collegii Harvardini Alumni, 

Cujus 

Septem per annos 

fideliter utilissime que 

Tutoris officium praestitit 

et modo aptissimo, facillimo, gratissimoque 

optimis praeceptis ac institutis 

Juvenum animos imbuit 

moresque ipsorum amice ac sedulo curavit. 

Hujus temporis tres per annos et ultra 

Senatus Academici Socii munera perite explevit. 

Ingenio sagaci et acutissimo 

Literis Scientiisque penitus instructo, 

etiam facilitate mira Sententias impertiendi, 

Omnium observantiam sese attraxit. 

Amicitia ingenua atque constanti, 

et consuetudinis suavitate facetiisque, 

Amor ac delicise fuit amicorum. 

Inter alias virtutes 

Pietas erga Paventes et afFectio Fraterna 

praecipue fuerunt insignes. 

Viri tam boni ac utilis omnibusque cari, 

in ^tatem senectam spes vitam produxerat. 

Ah spes inanis ! 

Variolis (illo generi humani flagello) correptus, 

Animam efflavit 

Die Julii IS'"^ Anno Salutis MDCCLXXVII 

iEtatisque su^ XXXVII. 

John Wadsworth was a native of Duxbury, and his mother was 
the great-granddaughter of John Alden, who came to N. E. in 
the Mayflower in 1621. Mr. Wadsworth graduated at Harvard 
College 1762, was Tutor from 1770 till 1777, and Fellow from 
1774 till 1777 ; he spent much of his time in the study of meta- 
physics, and in logical discussions, in which his superior powers 
were universally acknowledged. He died, in 1777, of the small- 
pox, which was then prevalent in Cambridge ; and it is said that 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 133 

he had long anticipated death by that disorder, and was greatly 
alarmed when his physician told him that he had taken it ; he had 
refused inoculation, through fear of the result. He was greatly 
lamented by the members of the University ; the older ones valued 
his learning, and the younger ones were attached to him for his 
mild and courteous deportment. 

Here lies y* Body of 
M"^. Ruth Jones ; 

wife to 
M^. James Jones ; 
who departed this life 

May 29^^ 1777 

Aged 32 years. 



In memory of 

The Honorable 

Samuel Danforth Esq : 

who died Oct. 27. 

1777. Mi. 81. & 

M""^. Elizabeth his wife, 

who died Jan. 13. 

1775. .Et. 67. 

Hon. Samuel Danforth was the son of Rev. John Danforth, of 
Dorchester ; he graduated at Harvard College 1715, was a coun- 
sellor and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and of Probate^ 
in Middlesex County, and a Mandamus Counsellor in 1774. He 
married Elizabeth Symms. 



1778. 

In memory of 

M^ ToRRY Hancock, 

who died 

July 17, 1778 ; in the 33 year 

of his age, 

Now I am gone I can't return, 
For you once more to see. 
But it is true that all of you 
Will soon come after me. 
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134 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

In memory of 
Lieu^ Wil". Manning 

who departed this 

life Sep^ y« 17^^. 1778 

in y^ 78^^ year of 

his age. 

Down to the dead all must descend, 
The Saints of God must die ; 

While Angels guard the Souls to rest 
In dust their bodies lie. 



1779. 



Caroli Cutter, 

Ammi Ruham^ Cutter, medici 

in Neohantonia Celebris, 

filii; 

optimas spei Juvenis, 

II annum apud Collegium 

Harvardinum, 

Suae autem aetatis XVI, 

agentis ; 

Lacu Cantabrigiensi 

casu submersi. 

Die XXII Octobris, 

anno Salutis MDCCLXXIX, 

Exuviae, 

in hoc tumulo reconditse, 

in diem 
Resurrectionis reservantur. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 136 

1780. 

Here lies the body of 

M'*^. Abigail Goodwin, 

widow of 

Cap^ John Goodwin 

of Charlestown 

who departed this life 

Feb-^y. the 2^, 1780. 

Aged 60 years. 



Here lies the body 

of M^^ Sarah Smith, 

wife of M". 

Ebenezer Smith, 

who departed this life 

Aug^^ the 1^ 1780, in y« 

20^^. year of her age. 



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Memento mori. 

The remains of 

Cap^ Edward Marrett 

are here interred 

who departed this life 

Sept. 13^\ 1780. 

jEtatis 67. 

Thrice happy, forever blessed is He 
Whose life is hid with Christ in God, 
In Life, at Death & throughout Eternity. 



136 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Thom^ Marsh Armigeri 

Septuaginta annos nati, 

Quorum, 

Per viginti quinque, 

Apud Collegium Harvadinum, 

Tutoris docti, seduli & urbani, 

Undecim etiam Socii vigilantis 

Partes agebat ; 

Qui, 

Officiis publicis diligenter 

' Domesticis peramanter 

Exactis, 

Septembrio XXII. MDCCLXXX 

In spe revivendi Christiana 

Mortem oppettiit. 

Reliquiae 

Hoc tumulo reconduntur. 

Thomas Marsh, of Hingham, graduated at Harvard College 
1731, was Librarian at thai institution from 1737 to 1742, Tutor 
from 1741 to 1766, Fellow from 1755 to 1766, and died at Water- 
town. 



1781 



Here lies the body of 
M«^ Mary Moore, wife 
to M^. JosiAH Moore ; 

who departed this Hfe 
May the 9^^ 1781. in y« 

3P^ year of her age. 

The sweet Remembrance of the Just 
Shall flourish when they sleep in dust. 



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CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 137 

IN 

memory of 

]\P^ Catherine Davis 

wife of 

the Rev. Timothy Davis, 

of Welljieet ^ dau". of Dea. John 

^ Mrs, Keziah Walton, who 

died June 5, 1818. in the 

34 year of her age. 

in faith, hope ^ peace. 

And of 

Charles Walton, her brother 

who died Nov. 20, 1781 

Mt. 11. mo. 



In memory of 

M^. Matthew Johnson, 

late of Charlestown ; 

who departed this hfe 

Octo^ 9^ 1781. 

Aged 87 years. 



1783. 

In memory of 

M^. Jotham Walton 

who died April 14^'^ 1783. 

Aged 39 years. 

Farewell vain world I 've had enough of thee, 
And now I'm careless what thou sayest of me ; 
What fault thou sawest in me take care to shun, 
There is work within thyself that should be done : 
Thy smiles I count not nor thy frowns I fear. 
My cares are past my head lies quiet here. 
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138 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1784. 

Sub hoc marmore conduntur, 

Cum Margaret conjugis suae dilectissimae, reliquiis, 

Exuviae viri illius reverend! 

Nathaniel Appleton. S. T. D. 

Christ! ecclesiae 

Apud Cantabrigienses prima3, 

Per annos LXVII 

Pastoris 

docti, fideHs, vigilantis, benevoli. 

Majoribus opibusque ornatus, 

Sacrum hoc munus 

omnibus aliis praeoptavit, 

Verb! divini praeconis partes sancte, fervide, perspicue 

Integritate eximia 

peregit. 

Principis Pastoris monitu incitatus 

Oves agnosque gregis sedulo pavit, 

et circumspectavit. 

Fideles in Christo omnes, 

quantumcunque a se diverse senserint 

amice complexus est. 

Rebus academicis ex officio, suisque familiaribus, 

caute ac prudenter invigilavit. 

Ab omnibus dilectus et observatus, 

vixit ; 

• et spe resurgendi Christiana sufFultus, 

in Jesu obdormit 

Die Februarii nono, Anno Christ! MDCCLXXXIV. 

iEtatis suae XCII. 

" They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament 

" And they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever. 

Nathaniel Appleton, D.D., was born at Ipswich, Dee. 9, 1693, 
graduated at Harvard College ^ 1712, was ordained at Cambridge 
Oct. 9, 1717, and was chosen a Fellow of Harvard College the same 
year ; he received, in 1771, the degree of Doctor of Divinity, being 
the second person who had received that honor, Doct. Increase 
Mather being the first. After a ministry of 67 years, he died 
Feb. 9, 1784, in the 91st year of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 139 

The remains of 

Miss Susanna Foster 

Daugh^ of the Widow Susanna Marrett, 

who departed this hfe 

January 25^^. 1784. in the 

40^*^. year of her age 

are here interred. 

Awake & sing thou that dwellest in the Dust, 
For the enmity of the Grave is slain by Christ. 



1785. 

In memory of 

M"^ Elizabeth Barrett, 

wife of M". Thomas Barrett ; 

who departed this life 

April 17^^ 1785 

Aged 41 years. 

Also John Barrett their son died 

]V[Q^br^ 7th^ 1784. Aged 15 months. 

In Memory of 
M^. Samuel Cook ; 
who departed this lif^ 

Novb^ the S^. 1785 
Aged 83 years. 

In this grave is deposited 

the body of 

Thomas Hollis Willard, 

son of 

the Rev*^. Joseph and 

M«^ Mary Willarp : 

who departed this hfe 

November 23^ A. D. 1785. 

• Aged 1 year & 9 Months. 



140 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1786. 

In memory of 

M^^. Elizabeth Goddard 

widow of 

M'*. John Goddard ; 

who died 

April the 4^^ 1786. 

Aged 74 years. 



In memory of 
Frances, Dau^^ of the 

Rev*^. Timothy & 

M^^ Mary Milliard ; 

who died April 4^^. 1786. 

^tat^ 16 Months. 

Out of y® mouth of babes & sucklings 
hast thou ordained strength. 



1787. 

In memory of 

M«. David Frost, 

who died Jan. 25. 1787. 

^t. 30. 



For happier climes above he sought his rest 
In hopes, with life immortal to be blest 
He plac'd his prospects where true pleasures flow 
Though his frail body sleeps in earth below. 



Also Parmela, died July 9 
1788. ^t. 10 Months. 



Resting its head upon its fathers urn : 
To be a future heir of Glory born 
Henceforth to wake from this abode of earth 
And praise his name from whom it had its birth. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 141 

In memory of 
M'*^. Susanna Marrett, 

Widow of 

Cap^ Edward Marrett ; 

who departed this Hfe 

Decem^ 12^^^. 1787. 

Aged 71 years. 



1788. 



In IMemory of 
M". Joseph E^ierson 
Son of Cap^ Joseph 
& M*^. Elisabeth Emer- 
son (of Chelmsford) 
who Died June 2^ 1788, 
Aged 18 Years & 7 Days. 



My Glass is run. 

In memory of 

M^«. Hannah Reed, 

widow of 

M". James Reed 

who died 22 sept. 

1788, in the 66 year 

of her age. 



In memory of 

M•*^ Mary Manning 

wife of M**. Samuel Manning 

who died Ocf. 15^^ 1788 

in the 5P'. year 

of her age. 



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142 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Here lie interred 

the remains of 

^P^ Hannah Marsh, 

Consort of 

Thomas Marsh Esq^ 

who departed this life 

Oct^ 24^^. 1788 in the 65^^ 

year of her age. 



An honest man's the noblest work of God. 

GuLiELMUs Kneeland Armig I M.M.S.S. 

vir ingenio praeditus eximio, artibusque ac 

scientiis penitiis imbutus, in republica libera= 

ria locum perinsignem jure obtinuit. In Uni- 

versitate Harvardiana ofRcium Tutoris novem 

per annos exornavit. Exinde in arte medendi, 

magna cum laude, erat versatus ; atque Societa- 

tis Medicorum Massachusettensis Prseses bis 

fuit electus. Sagax ad res hominesque per- 

spiciendos, multos rogantes consilio adjuvit. 

Officia omnia, tarn privata, quam publica fide- 

litate, ordine, ac puncto temporis constituto, praes 

titit. Amicus fuit sincerus, hospes liberaHs, soci- 

us jucundus, vir honestus, ac pauperum patro- 

nus. Talis quum vixisset LVI annos animus 

sublimis, die secundo Novembris MDCCLXXXVIII 

subito efFugit ; ast, eheu, quantum ingenii, quantum 

integritatis, quantum benevolentiae, e terris convo- 

lavit. 



1789. 

In memory of 
M^. Nathaniel Kidder, 
who died March 28'*^ 1789, 

Aged 86 years, 

& M'*^ Deborah Kidder 

his wife who died March 

SVK 1789, aged 72 years. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 143 

1790. 

In 

memory of 

]\P^. Mercy Prentice 

wife to M'*. Jonas Prentice 

who died Feb'-^. 24- 1790 

Mi\ 76. 



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In Memory 

of 

The Rev*^, Timothy Hilliard, A. M. 

who 

For more than twelve years was a gospel Minister, 

of the first church of Christ 

In Barnstable 

And for more than six years 

Broke the Bread of life to the christian Society 

In this place 

Having been in private life 

Cheerful, affable, courteous and amiable. 

In his ministerial character 

Instructive, serious, solemn, faithful ; 

In full belief of the truths he preached to others, a 

He fell asleep in Jesus, May IX. MDCCXC, 

In the XLIV year of his age. 

In the christian hope 

of rising again 

To Eternal Life. 

This monument was erected by the bereaved, affectionate flock 

MDCCXC. 

Rev. Timothy Hilliard was born in Kensington, N. H., in 1746, 
graduated at Harvard College 1764 ; in 1768 was appointed chap- 
lain of Castle William, and after a few months, was chosen a 
Tutor in Harvard College ; he was ordained minister at Barnsta- 
ble, April 10, 1771 ; was installed at Cambridge, Oct. 27, 1783, 
and died " in the midst of his usefulness, and with increasing 
reputation," May 9, 1790. 



144 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

In memory of 
Lydia Watson 

wife of 

Jacob Watson 

who died Sep^ 10^^ 1790 

MK 85. 

Sacred 

to the Memory of 

M'*. Benjamin Cook, 

Who died 

Dec. 2, 1790 ; 

Aged 47 years. 



1701. 

In memory 

of Julia Dau^^ 

of the Rev'^. Timothy 

and M««. Mary Milliard 

who died Jan'-y 30^^ 1791. 

Aged 8 years. 



In memory of 
M^. William Howe, 

who departed this life 

April 9^^ 1791. 

iEtatis 72. 



Here lyes buried y^ body of 

M**^. Irene Prentice 

Dau*^ of the Rev*^. Thomas 

& M"^. Irene Prentice 

of Charlestown 

who died April 29^^ 1791. 

Aged 54 years. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 145 

1792. 

In memory of 

Joseph Bates, son of M**. Joseph 

& Mary Bates, who died 

May y« 9^^^ 1792 : 

Aged 18 years. 



Here lie the remains 

of M^*^. Susanna Hill, 

Consort of Deacon Aaron Hill 

who died October 2^, 

Anno Domini 1792 ; 

Aged 03 years. 



In memory of 

Deacon Aaron Hill, 

who died October 16^^. 

Anno Domini 1792 ; 

in the 63^^ year 

of his aze. 



1703. 

In 

Memory of 

Amelia Willard 

Dau^^ of the Rev'^. Joseph 

& M«^ Mary Willard 

who died Jan^^ 9^^. 

1793 

Aged 1 year & 3 Months. 

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146 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

In Memory of 

M^^. Elizabeth Hunt 

who died July 19^^ 

1793 

Aged 63 years. 

Go ! traviler live to God. 



In this grave 

are deposited the remains of 

Horatio Willard 

son of the Rev^. Joseph 

and M^^ Mary Willard 

who departed this life 

August 8^^. 1793, 

Aged 8 years. 



1794. 



In memory of 
M«. Abel Moore 

Who died 

January 2^ 1794 : 

Aged 39. 



In memory of 

M^. James Prentiss, 

son of M«. Nathaniel & M«^ 

Abigail Prentiss ; who died 

January 24-1794, ^t^ 20. 

Farewell dear child 'till we shall meet above, 
And there with you, sing the redeemer's love. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 147 

1795. 

Mr. 
Jacques Thomas Barbel, 

Ne a Hunfleur 

Province de Normandie 

Capitaine de Navire 

Decede le 24 May, 1795 

Age de 54 ans. 

Requiescat in pace. 



In memory of 

M^. Samuel Prentiss, 

who died 

July 25, 1795, 

aged 38 years. 

Also 

M^^ Mary Prentiss, 

wife of 

M^. Samuel Prentiss, 

who died 

April 27, 1832, 

Aged 82 years. 



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This Stone 

marks the grave 

of Mrs. Mary Holmes, 

the wife of 

the Rev''. Abiel Holmes ; 

who died August 29 

1795, 

JEtal. XXVIII. 

Though here entombM the unthinking clay 
Latent awhile in darkness lie ; 
Its genial star, of purest ray 
Ere long shall light it to the sky. 



148 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

Sub hoc tumulo 
Conditae sunt reliquiag 
JoHANNis Russell, filii 
Edvardi Russell Armigeri 

nuper de oppido North- 
Yarmouth, Universitatisque 
Harvardianae alumni ; qui 
anno aetatis vicesimo secundo 
et cursus academici quarto obiit 
Octobris die 28^% A. D. 1795. 



This stone 

marks the grave 

of 

Miss. Elizabeth Stiles, 

the eldest Daughter 

of the Rev^. President Stiles, 

who died Nov*". 16, 

1795, 
.Etat. XXXVIII. 

Soon not surprising Death his visit paid 

Her thoughts went forth to meet him on his way, 

Nor Gaiety forgot it was to die. 

Young. 



1796. 




In 




memory 


of 


Eben". King 


Bradish 


son of M''. Isaac 


Bradish 


Born June 24 - 


1762, & 


died July 16. 1796, at 7° 


Clock Morning ; 


34 years 


& 22 days 


old. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 149 

George Washington and Mary Eliza 

Children of the Rev^. David & Mary Tappan ; 

Aged 9 Months each. 

The first died Sep^ 19, 1793 ; 

The second Sep^^ 14 1796. 

Suffer little children to come unto me 
for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. 



In memory of 

M'^. John Hancock, 

son of Mr. Torrey & 

Mrs. Sarah Hancock ; 

who died Sept. 29th. 

1796, in the 22d year 

of his age. 

My youthful mates both small and great, 
Come here and you may see 
An awful sight, which is a type 
Of which you soon must be. 

13* 



150 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1707. 

In this tomb are deposited, 

the remains of 

Thomas Lee Esquire ; 

A Native of Great Britain, 

but for many years 

a citizen of America. 

Early formed 

to habits of mercantile attention and industry, 

he pursued commerce with activity and success. 

After having acquired, 

with the strictest integrity and honor, 

an ample fortune, 

he retired from the busy scenes of life, 

and employed his time, and applied his income, 

to useful and rational purposes. 

Affability, benevolence, and hospitality, 

humanity, charity, and beneficence, 

gained him the friendship and esteem 

of all ranks of men ; 

While 

Conjugal attention and tenderness, 

filial duty and piety, 

fraternal affection and goodness, 

gentleness and kindness to domestics, 

highly endeared his character 

to those around him. 

Firmly believing and heartily embracing 

the Religion of the Gospel, 

he experienced its divine truths, 

happily influencing him through life, 

inspiring him with patience and resignation, 

under great bodily distresses, 

and ministering strong consolation and hope in death, 

which released him from his sufferings 

May XXVI, An. Dom. MDCCXCVII, 

in the LX year of his age. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 151 

1798. 

In memory of 

M". William Porter 

son of M". Israel & 

M'^^ Marthah Porter. 

who died 3 March 1798, 

aged 17 years 10 months 

& 5 days. 



Sacred 

to the memory of 

M^. John Goodwin 

formerly of Charlestown 

who departed this hfe 

May the 10, 1798. 

Aged 55 years. 



Sacred 

to the memory of 

M^. Edward Fillabrown 

who departed this hfe 

July the 9^\ 1798, 

iEtatis 54. 



In memory of 

a pair of twin children 

a son & Dau^"". of 

Rev. David & 

Mrs. Mary Tappan 

born July 26 1798 

one died July 30, 

the other Aug^ 20. 



152 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

In memory of 

M«^ Mary Goddard 

wife of 

M'*. Stephen Goddard. 

She died Oct 8. 

1798 
Aged 54 years. 



In memory of 

Miss Mary Goddard 

Dau^"*. of M^. Stephen 

& M«^ Mary Goddard 

who died Ocf". 10 

1798 

^tat. 29. 



In memory of 

M". Richard Hunnewell 

who died 16 Oct. 1798, 

Aged 64 years. 

Draw near my friends, and take a thought 
How soon the grave may be your lot ; 
Make sure of Christ while life remains 
And death will be eternal gain. 



1799. 

Sacred 

to the memory of 

M«. Solomon Hancock 

who died at Lake George Sep'-. 20, 1756 ; 

aged 57 years. 

Also Mary Hancock his wife 

who died in this town March 18, 1799 ; 

aged 88 years, 

Daughter of the late Rev"^. M«. Torrey of 

Martha's Vinyard. 

Rest happy shades, in peaceful slumbers rest ; 
No more shall mortal cares disturb their Breast ; 
To realms of bliss their souls have win^'d their way, 
To spend with Angels one Eternal DAY. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 153 

In memory of 

Miss Sarah Tappan 

Dau^ of Rev. David 

& Mrs. Mary Tappan 

who died May 15 

1799 

aged 18 years & 4 mo^ 

Remember now thy Creator 

(in the days of thy Youth. 



In memory of 

Elizabeth Dana 

3^ daughter of Mr. 

Joseph & Mrs. Foe 

Dana, who died 

4 Oct. 1799, aged 4 

years 4 months & 20 

days. 



Sacred 

to the Memory of 

Hannah Godard 

Dau^^ of Mr Thomas 

& Mrs. Hepzibah Godard 

who died Dec^ P^ 

1799. 

Aged 2 Years. 



Here lyes the 

body of 

Thom[as] Steasy 

who departed 

this life April 

ye 24th 17 |- ] in ye 

57*-^ year [of his age] 



o 



154 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 



1800. 



In the succeeding pages, the Epitaphs will not, generally, be 
given at full length ; the names of those to whose memory stones 
have been erected will be found arranged according to the year of 
their death. 

Mrs. Martha Dickson. — Raham Richardson. — 
William Porter Hearsey. 



In memory 

of 

Samuel Shapleigh 

A. M, born in Kittery, 

a virtuous son, 

faithful Librarian, 

and 
liberal Benefactor 

of 

Harvard College ; 

who 

died 16^^ April 1800 

aged 35 years. 



1801. 

Ana Eliza Child. — William Frothingham. 



1803. 

Joel Mixer. — Elizabeth Norcross. — 
John Norcross. — Emeline C. Whiston. 



1803. 

Joseph Bates. — Mr. Barnam Bolkcom (of Attle- 
borough). — William Hearsey. 



1804. 

Jonathan Ireland. — William Manning. — 
James Munro. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 15i 

Siste viator ! Finem respice ! 



Sub hoc marmore conduntur 

reliquiae 

Moses Titcomb. 



Filius fuit 

JosEPHi et Eunices Titcomb ; 

natus Portlandise, die 

Nov. Vir-«. A. D. MDCCLXXXIII. 

Cantabrigiae, 

multis bonis flebilis, 

obiitj 

Aprilis die XV'"°. Anno MDCCCIV. 



" Quis desiderio sit pudor, aut modus 
" Tarn chari capitis ? " 



In Memoriam 

Juvenis, fidei incorruptae, 

castitatis integerrimae, morum urbanitatis 

suavissimae, 

benevolentiae quoque vere Christianae, ^ 

in Exemplar nati, 

et 

Universitatis Harvardianae 

Alumni 

spectaiissimi, 

Monumentum hocce, 

luctus, desiderii, venerationis 

leve testimonium, 

Amici ejus cosquales 

moerentes posuerunt. 



156 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1805. 

Mrs. Rachel Cooper. — Thomas Goddard, Jr. 

— Charles Henry Hayden. — 

Elizabeth C. Livermore. 

Huic sepulchre mandantur exuvise 

Jahakoei Sheafe Willard, 

Rev. Prses. Josephi Willard filii ; 

juvenis ingenio solido prsediti, 

Probitate et Virtute conspicui, 

Teraporis in usu assidui ; 

Sodalibus omnibus dilecti, 

Matris, Sororum et Fratrum Spei ; 

Ah spem dolosam ! 

Morbo crudeh subito correplus 

Animam efflavit 

Spe immortalitatis firmissima, 

Anno cursus academici tertio, 

Die Julii 26, Anno Salutis 1805, 

jEtatis 18. 



1S06. 

Robert Adams. — Hannah Frothingham. — 
Nathaniel Goodwin. — Mrs. Alice Simonds. 



1808. 

Mrs. Susanna H. Pool. — John Reemie. 



1809. 

Mrs. Rebecca Clark. — John Gray Cook. 



1810. 

Sally Bosworth. — Mrs. Elizabeth Cook. — 
Nathaniel G. Ford. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 157 

M. S. 

Die VII Mo. Juli, A. D. MDCCCX, 

Ineunte ^Etatis Anno XXVII Mo. 

Obilt 

Academice Harvardlnae Alumnus 

Samuel Harris 

Patre Samueli Harris Et Matre Sarah, 

Natus Bostoniae. 

Literarum A Puero Mire studiosus ; 

Et Vixdum Adultus 

Omnibus Fere Linguis Orientalibus Eruditus, 

Rerum Antiquarum Abdita Et Mirabilia 

Quibus Maxime Delectaretur, 

Curiose Et Feliciter 

Perscrutatus, 

Caeteris Suae ^Etatis Facile Praecelluit. 

Cum Spes Amicorum Maxime Foveretur 

Futurum Patriae Honorem Et Decus, 
Cursu Academico lam Prope Peracto, 

Infelici Morte Correptus, 
Fluctibus Caroli Fluminis Submersus, 

Eheu ! Mortalia Reliquit. ^ ^ 

Tanta Illi Pietas Et Benevolentia, 
Tanta Morum Suavitas, Tanta Modestia, 

Ut Nullum Suis 

Vel Amandi Vivus, Vel Mortuus Lugendi, 

Statuerit Modum. 

Hoc Literis, Hoc Moribus, Hoc Eximiae Virtuti, 

Amicitiae Quam Impar Monumentum ! 

Sacraverunt 

Juvenes, Amici, Sodales. 

Heu ! Quanto Minus est 

Cum aliis versari 

Quam tui meminisse. 

14 



158 cambridge epitaphs. 

Mrs. Judith Hayden. — Susannah Hayden. 
Lydia Mason. 



1811. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Powars. — Sampson Walker. 



1813. 

Samuel French Baxter. — Mrs. Mary Davis. 
James Frost. — Sarah Manning. — 
Jonthan Walton. 



1813. 

Mrs. Mary Bates. — Elizabeth P. Ford. 



H. S. 

Henricus Thomas, 

NEHEMi-aE V. T>. M. Scituatensis filius, 

Qui 

Cantabrigiae 

Kal. Novem. MDCCCXIII. 

Anno ^t. XVII. 

Cursus Academicus imo. 

Vita decessit. 



Classis suae sodales 

Cum lachrymis, virtuti, ingenio, pietati, debitis, 

Illi, et amoris et desiderii testimonium, 

Hoc marmor posuerunt. 



1814. 

Henry A. Rumrill. — Widow Mary Russell 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 159 

1815. 

Susannah Morse. — Ebenezer Stedman. 



1816. 

Elizabeth Danforth. 



1817. 



M. S. 
Edvardi Canfield 

Salisburiensis, connect. 

ob. Kal. Sept. MDCCCXVII. 

an. set. XX. et cursus Acad, tertio. 

virtutes excelsas, moresq ; suavissimas, 

aetatem quae ineuntem 

ornavere, 

ad imum servavit, 

sine ostentatione erudltus, 

sine levitate hilaris, 

indole amabile et permodesta, 

omnibus dilectissimus 

quibuscum maxime versatus est. 

hocce monumentum 

Sodales posuere. 

Et nunquam te, frater charissime, 

aspiciamus posthac ? 

At certe semper amabimus. 

Mrs. Hannah Howe. 



160 cambridge epitaphs. 

Thom^ M^. Culloch, 

Universitatis Harvardianae Alumni, 

nati in republica Massachusettensi 

in oppido cui nomen Kennebunk, 

hie conditee reliquiae, 

Omnibus animi et corporis dotibus, 

quae amorem, delectationem, reverentiam, 

concilient, 

fuit natura ornatissimus, 

In moribus scilicet suavis, ingenuus, facilis 

Omnium amorem prius habuit, 

quam petiit, 

fuit honoris et famae studiosus 

at non polluit invidia pectus, non labia calumnia, 

Humanitatis et doctrinae studiis devotissimus 

omnes humanae mentis exploraverat recessus, 

atque toto arvo literarum 

carpserat flores, 

jamque anno in Academia tertio peracto, 

a fastigio honoris literarii summo, 

quod erat ingenio et diligentia consecutus, 

eheu !! in sepulchrum descendit. 

Namque morbo acerbissimo correptus, 

multos qui morti dederat infelices, 

animam efflavit placidissimam 

die Sept. 7. A. D. 1817. 

Mi. 21. 

Hoc marmor erexit amor sodalium, 

lachrymae consecravere. 



Nathaniel Prentiss. — William P. Reemie. 
Royal W. Stimson. 



i 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 161 

1818. 

Mrs. Catherine Davis. 



Hoc submarmore' 
Sodalium desiderio 

sacrato, 

cineres sepulti sunt 

GuLiELMi Person, 

Collegii Harvardiani alumni, 

qui 

mortem obiit Cantabrigiae, 

III. Id. Oct. 

Anno Salutis Humanse MDCCCXVIII. 

^tatis suae XXIV. 

Cursus Academici III. 

Hie filius Naturae, 

vitae primo limine desertus, 

nihilo minus Coeli viguit favore, 

et 

ingenio, diligentia, virtutibus pietate 

plurimos longe praecessit. Q 

Plorat amissum praemature Scientia, 
Plorat Religio, 
Plorat Amicitia. 



r 



1819. 

William P. Pleemie. 



1830. 

Stephen Goddard. — Abilene Picket. — 

Mr. William Tilton (of Boston). 
14 # 



162 CAIUBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1831. 

Elizabeth Kneeland. 



John Stedman. — Mrs. Keziah Walton. 



183S. 

Dea. John Walton. 



1834. 



Samuel Manning. — James M^Fee. 
Ebenezer Tucker. 



1835. 

Edward Dickson. — Mrs. Sarah G. Haynes. — 

Harriet Kern. — Mrs. Eunice Nichols. — 

Charles F. Picket. — Mrs. Abigail Prentiss. — 

William Tupper (of Boston). 



1836. 



Hariot E. Goodnow. — Elizabeth H. Kneeland. 
— Charles C. Picket. — Elizabeth Shed. 



1837. 

Mary Lincoln Jenkins. 



CABIBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 163 

To the memory of 

Wendell Bayard Davis, 

a member of the Theological 

School, Cambridge, 

who died March 8, 1827 : 

Mu 23 years. 

Candour, and Fidelity, Kindness 

and Benevolence, Humility, Piety 

and Resignation were united in 

his character. 

His fellow students erect this stone 

as a token of their esteem and a 

symbol of his purity ; that lingering 

friends may here recall his virtues : 

that the silent marble may convey 

those lessons which his studies were 

preparing him to enforce. 



1898. 



In the southwesterly part of the Burial-Ground is a white mar^, 
ble obelisk, bearing the following inscriptions : — ~^ 

On the north face : — 

Memorise 

Caroli Livermore. 

Qui omnibus disciplinis 

Universitatis hujus, bene versatus, 

Et felix amicitia sodalium, comitate sua 

Ac multis aliis virtutibus parata, 

Adiit Baltimore 

Procul amicis ubi, mortuus est, 

Nov. A. D. MDCCCXXV, ^t. XXVI. 



164 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

On the east face : — 

MemoriaB 

Frederici Wilder 

Qui multis honoribus acceptis, 

Hac Universitate egressus, 

Anno Domini MDCCCXXV. 

Vir singulari ingenio, literis 

Vel maxime addictus, 

Sincera mente atque pura, in amicitias 

Multum qusesitus fidelisque 

Et integer vitae. 

Mortuus est in Northamtonia, 

Feb. A. D. MDCCCXXVI, ^t. XXII. 

On the west face : — 

Memoriae 

Georgii Sheafe. 

Simplex cujus vita, mansueta, 

Innocensque 

Placidae morti, at intempestivae 

Cessit 

Dec. A. D. MDCCCXXV, ^t. XIX. 

Multum amatus, minime indeploratus. 

On the south face : — 

Hoc marmor, 

Ejusdem gradus 

Sodalibus eorum, 

Erectum. 

A. D. MDCCCXXVIII. 



Charles E. Stimson. 



CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 165 

1829. 

Charles Frothingham. — Tabitha Howe. — 
Samuel W. Mower. — Rebecca W. Priest. 



1S30. 

Thomas Goddard. 



1831. 

In memory of 
Samuel H. Davis, 

who died 
November 14, 1831, 

aged 23 years. 

" Blessed are the pure in heari.^ 



Sarah Edson Demmon. — Ellen Torry. 
William Wells (of Hartford). 



1832. 



O 



Lucy Changing Ellery. — Susan King Mumler. 



1834. 



Lucy (Ellery) Channing. — Ann Ellery. — 
Ann Huntress. 



1835. 

(Mrs. Hannah Hearsey. — Luke Moore. 
Katharine Morse. 



166 CAMBRIDGE EPITAPHS. 

1836. 

Mrs. Hepzibah Goddard. 



1837. 

Mrs. Mercy Gibson. — Mary E. Payson. 
Susan ¥. Lenox. 



1838. 

Ann Bowley. 



1839. 

Mrs. Charlotte Gould. 



1840. 

Esther Goodwin. — Charles F. Wood, 



1841. 

Reuben Demmon. — Anna Howe. — 
Elizabeth Howe. — Helen D. Torry. 



1849. 

Elbridge Gerry Fairbank. — 

Marcus Remie Fairbank. — 

Franklin W. Gilson. — Edgar Dana Payson. 



1844. 

Mrs. Hannah Payson. 



APPENDIX 



It having been suggested to me, that a table of such deaths as 
are not contained in the foregoing pages would be useful, and 
would render this book a more complete record of the early deaths 
in this town, such a table, compiled from the Town Records, has 
been given, in the form of an Appendix. Notices have been added 
of some persons, whose names will be found in this table, but 
whose monuments have long since crumbled into dust, and of 
others, whose remains were deposited in tombs, over which no 
monuments were erected. 

In the table of deaths, the first column of figures denotes the day 
of the month, and the second, the month itself, regarding March 
as the first month, April the second, &c. 



1638. 

Mary, wife of Robert Brad- 



ish, died 


7 


Nicholas Danford, d. 


2 


Joyce, w. Edmund GofFe, d 


9 


Roger Harlackinton, d. 


8 


John Roman, d. 


19.1U 


1639. 




Mary, w. Wm. Andrews, d. 


19.11 


Thomas Bloggett, d. 


7. 


Symon Crosby, d. 


7 


Stephen Day, d. 


1.10 


Perceiveall Greene, d. 


25.10 


Henry Griffith, d. 


12. 9 


John Meane, d. 


10. 6 


John Masters, d. 


21.10 


Jane Masters, d. 


26.10 


Nathanael Patten, d. 


11 


Daniell Saunders, d. 


27.12 


Mary, daughter of Rogei 




Shaw, d. 


26. 


Samuel, son of Nathaniel & 




Mary Sparhawke 


13. 8 


1640. 




Thomas Bittlestone, d. 


23. 9 


Elisabeth, d. George & Alice 




Cook, d. 


6 


Katherine, w. James Fry- 




ers, d. 


28. 5 


Berbery Hutson, d. 


14.12 


John Rose, d. 


12.10 



1642. 

Samuel, s. Robert & Vashti 
Bradish, d. 6. 5 

Thomas, s. George & Alice 
Cooke, d. 16. 6 

Hannah, d. William & Elis- 
abeth French, d. 20. 4 

Edmund Gale, d. 29. 5 

Dorcas, d. Robert & Jane 
Homes, d. 

Joseph Isaac, d. 11. 3 

Phebe Russell, d. 8. 5 

1643. - 

Elisabeth, w. Robert Dan- 
iel, d. 2. 8 

Elisabeth, w. Mr. Henry 
Dunster, d. 23. 6 

Hannah, d. Frances &Mary 
Grisell, d. 2 

John, s. Nathaniel & Jane 
Hancock, d. 2. 2 

Elisabeth, w. Henry Pren- 
tis, d. 13. 3 

Mary, w. Nathaniel Spar- 
hawke, d. 25.11 

1644. 

Mrs. Joane Amies, buried 23.10 
Barbaric, vv. George Bow- 
ers, d. 25. 1 
Matthew Bowers, d. 30.11 



168 



APPENDIX. 



Thomas Daniel, b. 6. 9 

Roger Foorth, d. 24. 2 

Sarah, w. Richard Hildreth, 

d. 15. 4 
Mr. Richard Harris, d, 29. 6 
John House, d. 22. 2 
John Sparhawke, d. 21. 7 
John Wise, d. 9. 7 
Richard Worwood, d. 13. 3 
Samuel, s. Samuel & Han- 
nah Shepheard, b. 16. 1 

1645. 

Guy Banbridge, housekeep- 
er, b. 10. 2 

Sarah, d. Thomas & Mary 
Danforth, b. 29. 8 

Joanna, w. John French, b. 20.11 

John French, housekeeper, b. 16.12 

Mehetabel, d. Robert & Jane 
Holmes, b. 14. 6 

Caleb, s John & Margaret 
Jackson, b. 12.10 

Herbert, s. Herbert Pelham, 
Esq., b. 211 

Ruth, d. Nathanael & Kathe- 
rine Sparhawke, b. 9. 3 

John Meane, b. 19. I 

William, s. William & Mary 
Patten, b. 22. 1 

1646. 

John Blease, b. 23. 2 

Francis Blosse, b. 29. 7 

Samuel, s. William & Elis- 
abeth French, b. 15. 5 
Mary, d. Edward & Judith 

Goffe, b. 23. 2 

Edward Hamraerston, b. 24. 6 
John, s. John & Anne 

Meane, b. 21. 8 

Joanna, w. Thomas Shep- 
heard, b. 28. 2 

1647. 

John, s. Edmund & Ruth 

Angier, b. 2.11 

Sarah, d. David Fisk, b. 8. 3 

Mary Pierce, servant of Na- 
thaniel Sparhawke, b. 12. 5 
Nathaniel Sparhawke, d. 28. 4 
Katherin Sparhawke, d. 5. 5 

1648. 

Samuel, s. Robert & Vashti 
Bradish, b. 9.10 

Mary, d. William & Jane 
Dixon, b. 21. 5 



Ephraim, s. Robert & Jane 
Holmes, b. 8. 3 

Thomas, s. Thomas & Sarah 
Langhorne, b. 5. 2 

Katherin, w. Francis Moore, 
b. 28.10 

Abigail, d. William & Doro- 
thie Manning, b. 10. 3 

Thomas, s. Thomas & Elisa- 
beth Oakes, b. 14.11 

Violett, w. Edward Shep- 
hard, d. 9.11 

Edward, s. Edward & Jane 
Winship, b. 8. 4 

Frances, d. Edward Jacson,d. 5. 8 

1649. 

I Daniel Gookine, b. 3. 7 

Sarah, w. Jonas Clearke, b. 20,12 
Thomas, s. " " *' 20. 3 

Mary, d. " " « 15. 9 

Abell Lamb, servant to Wil- 
liam French, b. 16. 8 
Thomas Mowton, b. 15.12 
Thomas, s. Samuel Shep- 

hard, b. 9.12 

Martha, d. Mathew Bridge, b. 15.11 
David, s. David Fiske, b. 20. 7 
Mathew Day, b. 10. 3 

Mr. Thomas Shepard, pastor 

of y^ church of Christ, b. 28.6 
John Dana, d. 12. 8 

1650. 

Elizabeth Scott, b. 3. 4 

Susanna, w. William Man- 
ning, Sen., b. 16. 8 

Nathaniel, s. Nathaniel Spar- 
hawke, b. 12.12 

Hannah Fean, servant to Na- 
thaniel Sparhauk, b. 11. 1 

1652. 



Robert Knight, d. 
William Holman, d. 


29. 8 


8.11 


John Cooper, d. 


24. 6 


1653. 




George Bearstow, d. 


18. 1 


Sarah Simes, d. 


10. 4 


Samuel Holmes, d. 


18. 4 


Thomas Russell, d. 


21. 5 


Jane Holmes, d. 


28. 8 


Jonathan Padlfoote, d. 


28. 8 


Timothy Manning, d. 


8. 9 


William Wilcockes, d. 


28. 9 


Roger Bancroft, d. 


28. 9 


Thomas Brigham, d. 


8.10 





APPENDIX. 




ley 


Christopher Cane, d.. 


9.10 


1660. 






Ephraim Fiske, d. 


14. 


7 


John Hicks, d. 




4. 4 


Samuel Dana, d. 


8. 


9 


Deborah GofFe, d. 




21. 9 


Sarah Heale, d. 


• 10. 


8 


Hannah Adams, d. 




25.12 


Phaebe Collins, d. 


5.11 














1661. 






1654. 






Sarah Cooke, d. 




12. 3 


Sussanna Bearstow, d. 


17. 


2 


Sarah Barratt, d. 




21. 6 


Mary Longhorne, d. 


21. 


1 


Aspinwall Goave, d. 




14. 8 


Henry Prentice, d. 


9. 


4 


William Russell, d. 




14.12 


Rebecca Swann, d. 


12. 


5 


Daniel Hide, d. 




3. 8 


Hannah Cooke, d. 


13. 


5 


Benjamin Crackbone, 


d. 


27. 2 


Solomon Gookin, d. 


IG. 


5 


Isabell Jackson, d. 




12.12 


Margarett Michell, d. 
Sarah Holmes, d. 


24. 


5 


Nathaniel Cooper, d. 




19.10 


7. 


9 


Moses Bordman, d. 




16. 1 


Lidea Fiske, d. 


29. 


9 


Nathaniel Upham, d. 




20. 1 


Daniel Cheavers, d. 












John Ward, d. 


• 5. 


4 


1662. 






John Prentice, d. 


10. 


I 


Thomas Ross, d. 




19.11 


Ruth Michelson, d. 


15. 


4 


John Bush, d. 




1. 11 


1655. 






1663. 






Ester Cheavers, d. 


21. 


1 


Rachel Parker, d. 




5. 2 


Mary Crackbone, d. 


30. 


3 


Elizabeth Cutter, d. 




10.11 


Judith Crackbone, d. 


1. 


5 


John Marritt, d. 




6. 9 


Robert Daniel, d. 


6. 


5 


Isaac Holman, d. 




12. 2 


Thomas Sweetman, d. 


27.11 


Elizabeth, d. John &, Deborah 








Macoone, d. 




30.11 


1656. 






Sarah, d. Walter <& 


Sarah 


Timothy Eccles, d. 


21. 


9 


Hastings, d. 




10. 4 


Ruth Angier, d. 


3. 


5 








Joshua Hide, d. 


21. 


2 


1664. 

John Steivenson, d. 




26. 3 


1657. 






Thomas Marritt, d. 




30. 4 


Jane Green, d. 


16. 


9 


John Angier, d. 




3. 5 


John Hastings, d. 


2.10 


Susanna Marritt, d. 




23.12 


Mary Heale, d. 


27. 


9 


Deborah, w. John Macoone 


'«« *^ 


William Bucke, 


24 


11 


d. 




20.tr 


John Marritt, d. 


7. 


1 


Sarah, d. Walter &. 


Sarah 


John Angier, d. 
Abigail Kempster, d. 


25.11 


Hastings, d. 




16.11 


22. 


8 


Sarah Eliot, d. 




13. 4 


1658. 






1665. 






Edward GofFe, d. 


26.10 


Sarah Hubbard, d. 




20 8 


Hannah Crackbone, d. 


24. 


7 


Lidea Greene, d. 




24. 7 


Abraham Hide, d. 


22.12 


Sarah Brackett, d 




19. 7 


Rebecca Day, d. 


J7. 


8 


Isabell Whitmore, d. 




31. 1 


Mr. Henry Dunster, d. 


27 12 


Nathaniel, s. Nathaniel & 


1659. 






Mary Hancock, d. 




20. 5 


Isacke Amsden, d. 


7. 


2 


1666. 






Daniel Cheavers, d. 


4.11 


Anna Pinson, d. 




8. 3 


Martha Clemance, d. 


10.10 


Thomas, s. Samuel & Eliza 




Thomas Oakes, d. 




6 


beth Andrews, d. 




24.12 


Mary Oakes, d. 






John Fisenden, d. 




21.10 


Rebeccah, d. Richard & Sa- 




Philip Cooke, d. 




10.12 


rah Woodjd. 


7.12 


Robert Stedman, d. 




20.11 


'. 


15 











170 



APPENDIX. 



Andrew, s. Joseph & Jemi- 
ma Scill, d. 12. 4 

1667. 

Mary, d. Samuel & Eliza- 
beth Andrews, d. 20. 5 
Hannah,w. John Hastings, d. 10. 4 
Mary Seamond, d, 2. 7 
John, s. John &, Rebecca Pal- 
frey, d. 27. 4 
Hepziba, d. Richard & Fran- 
cis Cutter, d. 27.12 

1668. 

Wilham Mitcheson, d. 18.10 

Steeven Day, d. 22.10 

Hannah Marrelt, d. 9.10 

Abyah, s. Richard & Ann 

Dana, d. 8.10 

Mr. John Elyott, d. 13. 8 

Jacob, s. Abram Errington, d. 2. 8 
Wilham Pattin, d. 10.10 

Mr. Jonathan Mitchell, d. 9. 5 

1669. 

Mary, d. Samuel & Sarah 
Stone, d. 11. 3 

Mary Bucke, d. 31. 6 

Thomas, s. Piam & Eliza- 
beth Blowers, d. 14. 6 

Mr. Richard Champny, Rul- 
ing Elder of Cambridge 
Church, d. 26. 9 

Elizabeth, d. Walter & Sarah 
Hastings, d. 3. 3 

Nathaniel, s. Walter & Sarah 
Hastings, d. 15. 7 

Sarah, d. Richard & Ann 
Dana, d. 11.11 

Richard Woods, d. 17.11 

1670. 

Hannah, w. John Holmes, 
d. 24. 3 



1671. 

Winifred Holman, aged 74, 

d. 
Benjamin Parker, d. 
Samuel Blowers, d. 
Gilbert Crackbone, d. 
Mary Andrews, d. 



16. 8 
17.11 
21.12 
2.11 
29.12 



1672. 

Bartholmew Barrett, d. 6. 3 

Gregory Stone, Deacon of 
Cambridge Church d. 30. 9 



Ann Robbinson, d. 5. 8 

Nathaniel Buck, d. 19. 5 

Margarett, w. James Trow- 
bridge, d. 17. 6 
Abigail Hancocke, d. 7. 3 
Mary Hide, d. 27. 3 
Samuel, s. Samuel & Han- 
nah Oldam, d. 16.11 
Sarah Holman, d. 7. 3 
Moses, s. Andrew & Ruth 

Bordman, d. 15.12 

Elizabeth Holden, d. 18. 1 

1673. 

Mary Barrett, d. 27. 8 

Martha Town, d. 20.11 

Mary Patten, d. 20. 7 

Rebeccah Russell, d. 2.12 

Anna Eaton, d. 5. 8 
John, s. Thomas & Grace 

OUver, d. 20.10 

Mary Barratt, d. 28. 1 

1674. 

Lidea, widow of Gregory 

Stone, d. 24. 4 

Elizabeth OHver, d. 22. 4 

John Woodward, d. 22. 7 

Hannah, w. Ephraim Win- 
ship, d. 10. 9 
Mary, d. Aaron & Mary 
Bordman, d. 20. 4 

1675. 

Anna Buck, d. 

William Brown, d. 

Martha, d. John & Elizabeth 
Russell, d. 

Elizabeth, d Walter & Eliz- 
abeth Hastings, d. 

Simon, s. Simon &, Margarett 
Gates, d 

Mary, w. Richard Eccles, d. 

Samuel, s. Samuel & Han- 
nah Oldam, d. 

John, s. Jonas & Elizabeth 
Clark, d. 

Daniel, s. Samuel & Mary 
Hastings, d. 

1676. 

Benjamin, s. Benjamin & 
Elizabeth Russefl, d. 19. 2 

Elizabeth, d. John & Ehza- 
beth Stedman, d. 15. 5 

Anna, d. Pyam & Elizabeth 
Blowers, d. 16. 5 



13. 
25. 


2 

6 


7. 


9 


12. 


5 


2 

23." 


11 

6 


24. 


6 


15. 


8 


12. 


1 



APPENDIX. 



171 



_ffi Mary, d. John & Joannah 

Guy, d. 25. 5 

John, s. Peter & Elizabeth 
Bent, d. 20. 2 

Thomas, s. Zechariah & 
Elizabeth Hicks, d. 27. 7 

John, s. Zechariah & Eliza- 
beth Hicks, d. 25. 7 

Susanna Woodward, d. 22. 7 

Arthur Cole, d. 4. 7 

Marg^arett, w. Edward 
Hall, d. 7. 10 

Jane, d. Nicholas & Mar- 
garet Fisenden, d. 24. 5 

Hannah d. Nicholas & Mar- 
garet Fisenden, d. 4. 7 

Hannah, d. Samuel & Han- 
nah Oldam, d. 9. 5 

John, s. Jonas & Elizabeth 
Clark, d. 7. 1 

John Bowtell, aged about 60 
yeares, d. 30. 6 

Mary, d. Nathaniel & Mary 
Robins, d. 30. 9 

Elizabeth, w. Richard Jack- 
son, d. 11.11 

Sarah, w. Samuel Gibson, d. 10. 8 

Samuel, s. Samuel & Sarah 
Gibson, d. 14, 7 

Sarah, w. John Gove, d. 14. 9 

Martha, d. Andrew & Ruth 
Bordman, d. 14. 4 

1677. 

Sarah, d. John & Sarah 
Smith, d. 13. 2 

Rebeccah, w. Daniel Farra- 
bas, d. 1. 3 

Sarah, w. Jonas Woodward, 
d. 24. 7 

Andrew, s. Samuel & Han- 
nah Oldam, d. 12. 5 

Thomas, s. John & Rebecca 
Palfrey, d. 21. 9 

Hannah, d. Steeven & Han- 
nah Francis, d. 17. 4 

Rebeccah, w. Nathaniel Pat- 
tin, d. 18.10 

Elizabeth, widow of Barthol- 
omew Green, aged 88, d. 28. 8 

167S. 

Thomas Hammond, d. 20. 8 

Mr. Ammi Ruhamah Corlett, 

Fellow of Harv. Coll., d. 1.12 
Abigail, d. Andrew & Ruth 

Bordman, d. 10. 5 



Ephraim Angier, d. IG.IO 

Elizabeth, d. Jacob & Eliza- 
beth Bacon, d. C. 2 

Nathaniel, s. Samuel & Han- 
nah Oldam, d. 3. 3 

John Manning, of small- 
pox, d. 25. 9 

Hester, d. William &, Jane 
Carter, d. 15. 4 

1679. 

Pyam, s. Pyam & Elizabeth 

Blowers, d. 14. 6 

Sarah, d. Jeremiah & Mary 

Holman, d. 21.10 

Recompence Wads worth, 

Bach, of Arts, aged 21, d. 12. 5 
Laurance Oakes, Bach, of 

Arts, aged 18, d. 13. 4 

Urian Oakes, d. 3. 9 

David Stone, d. 21. 6 

Elizabeth, d. David & Sarah 

Stone, d. 12. 6 

John Gove, d. 28. 2 

Mary, d. Andrew & Ruth 

Bordman, d. 15. 2 

Hannah, w. Isaac Hill, d. 25. 2 
George, s. Simon & Margaret 

Gates, d. 23. 3 

Hannah, d. Jonathan & 

Mary Hide, d. 10. 3 

1680. 

Grace, d. Thomas & Grace 
Oliver, d. If). 9 

Lidea Dickerman, d. 13. 7 

Hannah, d. Jonas & Eliza- 
beth Clark, d. l6iM 

Elijah Kinndrick, d. 24.10 

Nicholas Withe Mason, aged 
85, d. 19. 5 

Samuel, s. Jonathan & Mar- 
tha Remington, d. 3. 4 

Edward Hall, aged 73, d. 20. 8 

1681. 

Abigail, w. John Clark, d. 2.11 
Grace, w. Thomas Oliver, d. 31. 7 
Jonathan, s. John & Mary 

Gove,d. J I. 8 

Thomas Parks, Jun., d. 28. C 

Rebeccah, d. John & Re- 
beccah Woodward, d. 14. 1 

1682. 

Mr. Jonathan Danforth, d. 13. 9 
Humphry Bradshaw, aged 
68, d. 9. 3 



172 



APPENDIX. 



Andrew, s. Pyam & Eliza- 
beth Blower, d. 21. 8 

Ruth, d. Jonathan & Mary 
Hide, d. 21.10 

Judith, w. Robert Parker, 
aged 80, d. 8. 3 

John Parker, d. ' 15. 3 

Isabell, w. Thomas Hall, d. 28. 2 

Jane, w. John Fisenden, 
aged 80, d. 13.11 

Thomas, s. Nicholas & Mar- 
garet Fisenden, d. 28.11 

Thomas Swetman, aged 73, d. 8.11 

1683. 

Thomas, s. Thomas & Grace 

Oliver, d. 22. 3 

Thomas Baverick, d. 2. 9 

John, s. Thomas & Mary 

Ohver, d. 23. 7 

William Healy, aged 70, d. 28. 9 
Hannah, w. Stephen Fran- 



cis, d. 

Dorcas, w. 

ny, d. 



Daniel Champ- 



1684. 



2. 2 



7.12 



John, s. Joseph «fe Martha 
Cook, d. 3. 



1685. 

WiUiam Bordman, aged 
71, d. 

William Town, aged 80, d. 

Mary, d. Henry & JVIary 
Prentice, d. 

Mary, d. William & Rebeck- 
ah Cutter, d. 

Susanna, w. Roger Buck, d. 

Daniel Adams, d. 

Job Hide, d. 

Elizabeth, w. Job Hide, d. 

Mary, d. John & Hannah 
Ward, d. 

Margaret, w. Francis Whit- 
more, d. 

Mary, d. Henery & Mary 



Prentice, d. 



25. i 

30. 1 

2. 3 

6. 2 

10. 7 
14. 3 
19. 9 

28. 9 

4.11 
1. 1 

11. 1 



1686. 



Elizabeth, w. Mr. Samuel 
Gaskall, d. 18. 8 

John, s. Mr. Samuel Gas- 
kall, d. . 9. 8 

Mr. Elijah Coi'let, aged 78, 
d. 25.12 



1687. 

Hannah, d. Henry & Mary 

Prentice, d. 3. 4 

Ruth, d. Zechariah & Ruth 

Hickes, d. 17. 5 

William, s. John & Abigail 

Pel-ham, d. 17.10 

Margery Caine, aged about 

70, d. 3. 2 

Robert, s. Isaac &, Susanna 

Day, d. 4.12 

Elizabeth Cook, d. 2.12 

1688. 

Patience, d. John & Eliza- 
beth Russel, d. 27.3 

Esther, d. William & Abiel 
Glezon, d. 27. 7 

Ebenezer, s. James & Sarah 
Clarke, d. 7. 9 

Nathaniel, s. Solomon Pren- 
tice, d. 18. 7 

William Bull, aged 72, d. 13. 7 

Jonathan, s. Henry & Mary 
Prentice, d. 1. 3 

William Barret, aged about 
60, d. 16. 1 

1689. 

John Cheney, d. 6. 6 

Ebenezer Cheney, d. 17. 9 

Deborah Cane, d. l8. 8 

Deborah Streeter, d. 7. 2 

Alice, w. Mr. John Stedman, 
aged about 80, d. 6. 1 

1690. 

Benjamin Streeter, d. 23. 2 

Samuel Buck, d. 21. 7 

Mrs. Elisabeth Dunstar, aged 

60, d. 12. 7 

Moses Saxton, d. 24. 8 

Deborah GofF, d." 27.10 

Mary, d. Jonathan & Mary 

Remington, d. 3.10 

Befithe, w. William Bull, 

aged 72, d. 23. 7 

Anna Angier, d. 23.11 

Elisabeth GofF, d. 15.11 

Lydia, w. John Hastings, d. 23.11 
Hannah Hastings, d. 16. 2 

John Hastings, d. 12. 9 

Sarah Hastings, d. 20.10 

Benoni Eaton, aged 51, d. 20.10 
Nathaniel Eaton, d. 22.12 



APPENDIX. 173 



1691. 



Elisabeth, w. Joshua Fuller, 
d. 17. 6 

Margarett, w. Reuben Lux- 
ford, d. 31. C 

Mary, w. Joseph Russell, d. 23. 4 



Martha, d. Joseph & Mary 

Russell, d. 26. 4 

Capt. Daniel Chamney, d. 19. 9 

1697. 

Rev. Benjamin Estabrook, 
d. 22. 5 



ANDREW BELCHER, 

Of Sudbury in 1640, Cambridge 1646, member of the church, 
was of the Ar. Co. in 1642. He married Elizabeth, daughter of 
Nicholas Danforth, and had children, Elizabeth, who married 
Captain Blowers, Jemimah, who married Joseph Sill, Martha, 
who married Jonathan Remington, Andrew, and Anna, who mar- 
ried a Ballard. Mrs. Elizabeth Belcher died June 26, 1680, aged 
62 years. 

On the 27.10, 1652, *' The Townsmen do grant liberty to 
Andrew Belcher to sell beer and bread, for entertainment of 
strangers, and the good of the Town." (Town Records.) We 
here find the first license for an inn in Cambridge. Nothing re- 
mains to designate the last resting-place of Andrew Belcher, but 
a foot-stone, by the side of that of Mrs. Elizabeth Belcher, bear- 
ing the initials, "A. B." 

Andrew, the second, was born in Cambridge, Jan. 1, 1647, 
removed to Boston in 1703, was a captain, one of the Council of 
Safety in 1689, and a counsellor from 1702 to 1717. He died 
Oct. 31, 1717, aged 70, leaving one son, Jonathan, who was born 
in Jan. 1681, graduated at Harvard College in 1699, was governor 
of Massachusetts and New Hampshire from 1730 to 1741, and~\ 
governor of New Jersey from 1747 till his death, which took-^ 
place at Elizabethtown, August 1, 1757. 

It appears that Governor Belcher and his cousin. Judge Reming- 
ton, were ardent friends, so much so, as to desire to be buried in 
one grave. Judge Remington dying first, his body was commit- 
ted to the earth. The Governor's remains having been brought 
here from New Jersey, were deposited in a tomb, constructed 
a short time before, agreeably to his orders, contiguous to that of 
Judge Trowbridge ; the body of Judge Remington was disinterred, 
and placed by his side. No further use was made of this tomb for 
some time ; it is now in the possession of Dr. T. L. Jennison, who 
married a granddaughter of the Governor. 

It may be well to observe, that these tombs, viz. that of Gov- 
ernor Belcher, and that of Judge Trowbridge (now known as the 
Dana tomb), are near the present gateway of the burying-ground. 
In that of Judge Trowbridge rest the remains of Washington 
Allston. 

15* 



174 APPENDIX. 



ELIJAH CORLET, 

" That memorable old school-master in Cambridge," was the 
son of Henry Corlet, of Lbndon, and was born about 1609. On 
the 16th of March, 1626, he was admitted to matriculation in 
Lincoln College, Oxford, being then 17 years of age. He came 
to New England, and settled at Cambridge as early as 1643, was 
admitted freeman in 1645, and, with Barbara, his wife, was mem- 
ber of the church in full communion. His children, baptized in 
Cambridge, were Rebeccah, Hepzibah., and Ammi-Ruhamah, who 
graduated at Harvard College in 1670, was a Fellow of this insti- 
tution, and died Feb. 1, 1679. He was immediately appointed 
teacher of the Grammar School in this place, as appears from the 
following passage in " New England's First Fruits," published 
in 1643 : "By the side of the Colledge a faire Grammar Schoole, 
for the training up of young schollars, and fitting of them for Aca- 
demical learning, that still as they are judged ripe, they may be 
received into the Colledge of this Schoole : Master Corlet is the 
Mr. who hath very well approved himself for his abilities, dex- 
terity, and painfulnesse in teaching and education of the youths 
under him." 

Mr. Corlet probably continued master of the Grammar School 
till his death, which took place Feb. 25, 1686-7, at the age of 78. 
He was distinguished for his learning and piety. He had the 
tuition of the Indian scholars, who were intended for the College. 
Cotton Mather speaks of himas one " from whose education our 
College and Country has received so many of its worthy men, that 
he is himself worthy to have his name celebrated in our Church 
History." The same author, in a poetical esSay on the memory 
of Ezekiel Cheever, the far-famed Boston schoolmaster, says, 

" 'T is Corlet's pains, and Cheever's, we must own. 
That thou, New England, art not Scythia grown." 



STEPHEN DAY, 

The first printer in this part of America, was born in London, 
Eng., and there served his apprenticeship. He came to New 
England in 1638, for " This yeare the reverend and judicious 
M. Jos. Glover undertook this long voyage, being able both in 
person and estate for the work, he provided, for further compleat- 
ing the Colonies in Church and Conimon-wealih-work, a Printer." 
In March 1639, he began printing at Cambridge, by direction of 
the magistrates and elders. That Day was the first printer in 
New England appears from the following record: " Att a Gen- 
eral Court held at Boston on the Eighth day of the Eighth moneth 
1641. Steeven Day being the first that sett upon printing, is 



APPENDIX. 175 



graunted three hundred acres of land, where it maybe convenient, 
without prejudice to any town." The first thing printed was " The 
Freenaa,n's Oath " ; the next an alnnanac, made by William Peirce, 
mariner; which was succeeded, in 1640, by the Psalms in Metre, 
" faithfully translated for the Use, Edification and Comfort of the 
Saints, in public and private, especially in New England." Day 
was an unskilful printer. About 1648, he was removed from his 
office, and the press was put into the hands of Samuel Green. 
Green, was probably assisted, at first, by Day, who still remained 
in Cambridge, and who, being embarrassed by debt, was probably 
induced to become a journeyman, where he had once been master. 
On the 28th of February, 1660-1, Steven Day was admitted into 
fellowship and full communion in the Cambridge church ; he died 
December 22, 1668, aged about 58. Rebecca Day, probably his 
wife, died October 17, 1658. 



HENRY DUNSTER, 

The first president of Harvard College, proceeded Bachelor in 
1630, at Magdalen College, Cambridge, Eng., where he also re- 
ceived the degree of Master in 1634. He came to New England 
in 1640, was inducted into the office of President of Harvard Col- 
lege, August "21, 1640, and was admitted freeman in 1641. His 
wife was Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Jesse or Josse Glover, who 
died Aug. 23, 1643. Mr. Dunster was highly respected for his 
learning and piety. The author of " New England's First Fruits " 
says, " Over the Colledge is Master Dunster placed, as President, 
a learned conscionable and industrious man, who hath so trained 
up his pupills in the tongues and arts, and so seasoned them 
with the principles of divinity and Christianity, that we have to 
our great comfort (and in truth) beyond our hopes, beheld their 
progresse in learning and godlmesse also." Dunster's services to 
the College were invaluable; "He found the seminary a school. 
It rose, under his auspices, to the dignity of a College." But 
having fallen "into the briers of Antipfedobaptism," these servi- 
ces were deemed no longer desirable. "Indicted by the grand 
jury for disturbing the ordinance of infant baptism in the Cam- 
bridge church, convicted by the court, sentenced to a public ad- 
monition on lecture day, and laid under bonds for good behaviour, 
Dunster's martyrdom was consummated by being compelled, in 
October, 1654, to resign his office of President, and to throw him- 
self on the tender mercies of the General Court." He now went 
to Scituate, where he spent the remainder of his days. He died 
Feb. 27, 1659, and, in accordance with his last wishes, "his body 
was solemnly interred at Cambridge, where he had spent the 
choice pan of his studies and of his life, and might there have con- 
tinued, if he had been endowed with that wisdom which many 
others have wanted besides himself, to have kept his singular opin- 



176 APPENDIX. 



ion to himself, when there was little occasion for venting thereof." 
" He was a modest, humble, charitable man ; as true a friend, and 
as faithful a servant, as this College ever possessed." By his last 
will he bequeathed legacies to the very persons who had been the 
cause of his removal from the College, and also nominated Presi- 
dent Chauncy and Rev. Mr. Mitchel appraisers of his library, 
"some of the books of which," he says, " being in such languages, 
whereof common Enalishmen know not one letter." 



JOHN FESSENDEN 



Came from Kent, in England, settled in Cambridge, was admitted 
freeman in 1641, was a member of the church, selectman 1656 - 
1661, 1663-1666, and died Dec. 21, 1666, leaving no children. 
His wife, Jane, died Jan. 13, 1682, aged 80 years. His relative, 
Nicholas, came from England and inherited his estate, which was 
considerable. The foundations of a monument are yet visible 
near the grave-stone of Nicholas Fessenden, and here, in all prob- 
ability, were deposited the remains of John Fessenden. 



NATHANIEL GOOKIN, 

The third son of Major-General Daniel Gookin, and of his first 
wife, Mary, was born in Cambridge, Oct. 22, 1656, graduated at 
Harvard College in 1675, and was ordained over the church in this 
town, as successor of Mr. Oakes, Nov. 15, 1682. He was a Fellow 
of Harvard College, and died on Sunday, August 7, 1692, in the 
thirty-fourth year of his age, and the tenth of his ministry. Rev. 
Dr. Holmes, in his " History of Cambridge," speaking of Mr. Gook- 
in, says, " Tradition informs us that he lies interred in the south- 
east corner of the burying-ground, beneath a brick monument, 
covered with a stone slab, the inscription of which is not now 
legible." Near the monument which covers the remains of Major- 
General Gookin, and of a similar construction, situated in the 
southeastern part of the burying-ground, is a monument, covered 
with a slab, in which is an incision, designed to admit a softer 
stone, with an inscription, which stone has crumbled to dust. By 
the side of this monument, stands the grave-stone of Mrs. Hannah, 
wife of Rev. Nathaniel Gookin. This circumstance seems to evi- 
dence, that beneath the aforesaid monument rest the remains of 
Rev. Mr. Gookin. 



APPENDIX. 177 



SAMUEL GREEN, 

Of Cambridge, and of Boston in 1686, was the successor of Day, 
in llie printing establisiiment, and the ancestor of most of thie name 
in this country, who have devoted themselves to the typographic 
art. He was the son of Bartholomew Green, of Cambridge, who 
died before 1658, and whose widow, Elizabeth, a member of the 
church in full communion, died Oct. 28, 1677, aged 88 years. 
Samuel Green had children by his first wife, Jane, — who was the 
daughter of Guy and Justice Bainbridge, and who died Nov. 16, 
1657, — Elizabeth, Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Lydia, and Deborah ; 
by his second wife, Sarah, — daughter of Elder Jonas and Eliza- 
beth Clark, — Jonas, Lydia, and 13artholomew. 

Green was a member of the church, "Clearke of the Writts" for 
Cambridge, town -clerk from 1693 to 1697, and captain of the 
Cambridge militia for thirty years. For fifty years he had the 
management of the pnnting-press, and during this time he seems 
to have given universal satisfaction ; in company with Marmaduke 
Johnson, who was sent over for this purpose by the corporation 
for propagating the Gospel, he printed the Indian Bible. Green 
continued printing till he became aged ; he died January 1, 1702, 
aged 87 years. He was a pious and benevolent man, greatly es- 
teemed by those who knew him. Soon after his death, the print- 
ing-press was removed from Cambridge, and probably sold. 



ROGER HARLAKENDEN, 

Whom Rev. Thomas Shepard styles " my most deare freend, 
and most precious servant of Jesus Xt," was a lieutenant-colonel, 
and came from Earl's Colne, in Essex, Eng., in the same ship 
with Shepard, which arrived at Boston, Oct. 3, 1635. He settled 
at Cambridge, was admitted freeman in 1636, was elected Assist- 
ant from 1636 to 1638, was selectman in Cambridge from 1635 iqj 
1638, and died of the small-pox, Oct. 1638, aged 30, leaving a 
widow and two daughters. 

Johnson, in his " Wonder-working Providence," says: "Among 
these Troopes of Christ's Souldiers, came at this time, the godly 
servant of Christ, Mr. Roger Harlackenden, a young Gentleman 
valiant in Faith, and appointed by Christ to assist his people in this 
Desart, he was chose to the Office of a Magistrate, as also to be 
a choise Leader of their Military Forces, which as yet were but 
in a strange posture ; and therefore till the yeare 1644, (at which 
time the Countrey was really placed in a posture of War, to be in 
a readinesse at all times) there shall not be any thing spoken con- 
cerning their Military Discipline, the continuance of this Souldier 
of Christ was but short, the Lord taking him to rest with himselfe. 

" Harlackenden, among these men of note Christ hath thee seated : 
In warlike way Christ thee array, icilh zeal, and love well heated. 
£s generall belov'd of all, Christ Souldiers honour thee : 
In thy young yeares, courage appear es, and kinde benignity. 
Short are thy days, spet to his praise, whose Church work thou must aidf 
His work shall bide, silver tride, but thine by death is staid." 



178 APPENDIX. 



JONATHAN MITCHEL, 

The son of Jonathan Milchel, was born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 
1624. He came to this country with his parents in 1635, gradu- 
ated at Harvard College in 1647, of which institution he was a 
Fellow and Tutor, and was ordained as the successor of Mr. Shep- 
ard, Aug. 21, 1650. He married Margaret, daughter of his pre- 
decessor. Mr. Mitchel was " eminent in wisdom, piety, humility, 
love, self-denial, and of a compassionate and tender heart ; sur- 
passing in public spiritedness ; a mighty man in prayer, and emi- 
nent at standing in the gap ; he was zealous for order, and faithful 
in asserting the truth against all oppugners of it." 



THOMAS SHEPARD, 

Whom Johnson calls "the holy heavenly, sweet-affecting, and 
soul-ravishing Minister, Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cam- 
bridge," was the son of William Shepard, and was born in Tow- 
cester, Northamptonshire, Eng., Nov. 5, 1605. He was educated 
at Emanuel College, where he took his first degree in 1623, and 
his second in 1627. In July, 1635, he sailed for New England, 
and arrived at Boston, October 3d of the same year. After the 
removal of Mr. Hooker and Mr. Stone to Connecticut, he formed 
a church at Cambridge, and took charge of it Feb. 1, 1636, where 
he continued till 1649. "This year," says Morton, " Aug. 25, 
that faithful and eminent servant of Christ Mr. Thomas Shepard 
died, who was a soul searching Minister of the Gospel, and Pastor 
of the Church of Christ at Cambridge. By his death not only that 
Church and people, but also all New England sustained a very 
great loss ; he not only preached the Gospel profitably and very 
successfully, but also hath left behind him divers worthy works of 
special use, in reference unto the clearing up the state of the soul 
to God and man. His Body was honorably buried at Canihridge 
in New England." Johnson, speaking of Shepard, says, " Thou- 
sands of souls have cause to blesse God for him, even at this very 
day, who are the Seale of his Ministrey, and bee a man of a thou- 
sand, indued with abundance of true saving knowledge for himselfe 
and others, yet his naturall Parts were weake, but spent to the full." 
He had three wives ; 1st, Margaret Touteville, who died in Cam- 
bridge (N. E), in 1636 ; 2d, Joanna, daughter of Rev. Thomas 
Hooker, who died April, 1646 ; and, 3d, Margaret Boradile, whom 
he married Sept. 8, 1647. 



APPENDIX. 179 



GREGORY STONE, 

A deacon of Cambridge church, freeman in 1636, representative 
in 1638, was one of the proprietors of Watertown, and died Nov. 
30, 1672, aged 82 years. Nothing is left to mark his last resting- 
place but a foot-stone, by the side of that of Elder John Stone, 
his son, on which may be traced the letters " G. S.," the initials 
of his name. Near by, may be seen the grave-stone of Deacon 
John Cooper, the son of Mrs. Gregory Stone by a former husband. 
Mrs. Gregory Stone (whom, as the widow Cooper, Deacon Stone 
married in England) died June 24, 1674. 



VASSALL. 



1 1 II 



Above is a representation of the monument over the Vassall tomb 
in Cambridge burying-ground, containing, probably, the remains of 
Colonels John and Henry Vassall, and of some of their relatives. 
It does not bear any inscription ; but there are engraven upon it 
the figures of a vase and the sun, the armorial bearings of the 
family, assumed, probably, from the similarity in sound of the 
Latin words vas and sol to the family surname. / ~\ 

The Vassall family is of French origin, and has been traced: 
back in France to the eleventh century. From it descended " the 
gallant John Vassall, an alderman of London, who, in 1588, at his 
own expense, fitted out and commanded two ships of war, with 
which he joined the royal navy to oppose the Spanish Armada." 
He had two sons, William and Samuel, both of whom were among 
the original patentees of Massachusetts, in 1628. The former, 
William Vassall, Esq., first came to New England in 1630 with 
Governor Winthrop, and, in 1634, settled at Scituate. In 1646 he 
returned to England, went thence to Barbadoes, where he died in 
1655. He left daughters, married in this country. His sun. Cap- 
tain John Vassall, sold his estate at Scituate in 1661, and removed, 
it is supposed, to the West Indies also. 

Samuel, the brother of William, remained in England. He was 
a merchant in London, an alderman, and, in 1640 and 1641, a 
member of Parliament. In the year 1766, his great-grandson, 
Florentius Vassall, of Jamaica, caused a monument to be erected 
in honor of him, in King's Chapel, Boston. It is recorded thereon 



180 APPENDIX. 



that " he was one of the largest subscribers to raise money against 
the rebels in Ireland ; a steady and undaunted asserter of the lib- 
erties of England in 1628 ; the first who boldly refused to submit 
to the tax of tonnage and poundage, an unconstitutional claim of 
the Crown, arbitrarily imposed; for which (to the ruin of his 
family) his goods were seized, and his person imprisoned by the 
Star Chamber Court. The Parliament, in July, 1641, voted him 
jC 10445.12.2 for his damages, and resolved that he should be 
further considered for his personal sufferings ; but the rage of the 
times, and the neglect of proper applications since, have left his 
family only the honor of that vote and resolution." 

He had a son John, who purchased large tracts of land in Ja- 
maica, and settled there, having married Anne, the daughter of 
John Lewis, Esq., an English resident at Genoa. The children 
of John and Anne Vassall were a son (from whom descended Flo- 
rentius, the above-named great-grandson of Samuel) , who remained 
in the Westlndies, and Leonard, who came here and settled at 
Quincy. 

Major Leonard Vassall married a Miss Gale, and had four sons, 
Lewis, John, William, and Henry, all of whom, except the last, 
were graduates of Harvard College, respectively in the years 1728, 
1732, and 1733. He had a daughter Susanna, who was married 
to George Ruggles, Esq. of Cambridge, and another daughter, 
who became the wife of Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Oliver. 

Lewis died at Quincy, Sept. 15, 1743, leaving a son, Lewis, who 
graduated in 1760, and died abroad, before August, 1785. 

Colonel John, the second son of Major Leonard Vassall, lived 
in Cambridge, where he built two large houses, one, which he gave 
to his brother Henry, and the other which he occupied himself, 
and where he died Nov. 27, 1747. His wife was Elizabeth, the 
daughter of Lieutenant-Governor Spencer Phipps, of Cambridge. 
They had a son, John, and daughters, Ruth, Elizabeth, and Lucy. 

William Vassall, Esq., the third son of Leonard, resided in Bos- 
ton, and also part of the time in Cambridge, in the house lately 
occupied by I)r. B. Waterhouse. Mr. G. Whitney states that he 
was sheriff of Middlesex county. He went to England before 
the Revolution, and did not return. His son William also left the 
country for ever in 1772, in company with the son of Governor 
Hutchinson. 

Colonel Henry Vassall, of Cambridge, the youngest son of Major 
L. Vassall, was married to Miss Penelope Royal!, of Boston, in 
1741. He lived in the respectable mansion, his brother's gift, now 
occupied by Samuel Batchelder, Esq. His only child and daugh- 
ter, Elizabeth, became the wife of Dr. Charles Russell, who went 
to the West Indies in 1775, and died, a refugee, at Antigua, May 
27, 1780 Colonel Henry Vassall died in Cambridge, March 17, 
1769. 

Major John Vassall, of Cambridge, the son of Colonel John, and 
grandson of Major L. Vassall, of Quincy, graduated at Harvard 
College in 1757. He, as well as his father, was an officer in the 
militia, and held a commission of justice of the peace in the coun- 
ty. He married Elizabeth, the sister of Lieutenant-Governor 
Thomas Oliver, and had five sons and two daughters ; namely, 



APPENDIX. 181 



John, Spencer Thomas, Thomas Oliver, Robert Oliver, Leonard, 
Elizabeth, and Mary. The second son, Spencer Thomas Vassal, 
rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the British army, was 
mortally wounded at the storming of Monte Video, and died Feb. 
7, 1807, aged 40. His remains were carried to England, and in- 
terred in St. Paul's Church, Bristol, where a monument, designed 
by Flaxman, and an inscription, partly from the pen of Mrs. Opie, 
perpetuate the memory of his bravery. Major Vassal, who took 
a very active part with the Loyalists, was compelled to leave the 
country, as well as others of the family, all of whom held the 
same political sentiments. It is said, "His loyalty went so far, 
that he would not use on his arms the family motto, scrpe fro rege^ 
semper pro republica.^^ He died suddenly at Clifton, near Bath, 
England, Oct. 2, 1797. Madam Vassall, his widow, also died at 
Clifton, March 31, 1807. The estates of the family were confis- 
cated, and the noble mansion of Major Vassall, in Cambridge, 
became, successively, General Washington's head-quarters, the 
residence of Andrew Cragie, Esq., and of his relict, the late 
Madam Cragie, of Joseph E. Worcester, Esq., and, lastly, the 
home of Professor Henry W. Longfellow. 

The Vassall family has ever been distinguished for enterprise, 
magnanimity, and noble bearing. If some of this name were not 
only often, but always, for their king, it must be admitted that they 
made as great sacrifices to loyalty, as did their forefathers to liberty. 



REV. JOSEPH WILLARD, 

The son of Rev. Samuel Willard, was born at Biddeford, Me., 
Dec. 29, 1738, graduated at Harvard College in 1765, where he 
was Tutor and Fellow ; he was inducted into the Presidency of 
this institution, Dec 19, 1781, in which office he remained till his 
death, Sept. 25, 1804, at the age of 64. His remains were de- 
posited in the College vault, in the southerly part of the burying- 
ground. In the words of President Quincy, " President Willard 
was distinguished, as a scholar, for his acquaintance with classical 
literature, and with mathematical and astronomical science ; as a 
divine, for learning, candor, and Catholicism ; and, as the head of 
the University, for a union of paternal kindness with firmness in 
supporting the laws. His manners were simple and reserved. 
His deportment dignified, and his character serious and contem- 
plative. Having been called to the President's chair in the midst 
of the Revolutionary war, when the general tone of morals was 
weak, and the spirit of discipline enervated, he sustained the au- 
thority of his station with consummate steadfastness and prudence. 
He found the seminary embarrassed ; he left it free and prosperous. 
His influence was uniformly happy, and, throughout his whole 
connection with the institution, he enjoyed the entire confidence of 
his associates in the government, the respect of the students, and 
the undeviating approbation and support of the public." 
16 



My task is finished. The path of the schoolboy has led him 
through the neglected spot, among mouldering graves, and moss- 
covered, leaning stones, where rest many of the wise and good, 
and where, 

" Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, 
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." 

There have been gathered the records of the dead ; once more 
their forgotten names have been brought to view ; their tale has 
been briefly told ; and nothing remains but to add, requiescant in 
pace. I 




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INDEX. 






Adams, 


TEAR 


PAGE 


Bates, 


TEAH 


PAGE 


Rebeckah, 


1718 


56 


Joseph, 


1792 


145 


Robert, 


1806 


156 


Joseph, 


1803 


154 


Amsden, 






Mary, 


1813 


158 


Jacob, 


1701 


29 


Baxter, 






Andrew, 






Samuel French, 


1812 


158 


Elizabeth, 


1G89 


16 


Bean, 






Jonathan, 


1700 


28 


Hannah, 


1757 


109 


Jonathan, 


1717 


54 


1 Joseph, 


1753 


105 


John, 


1693 


22 


Belcher, 






Samuel, 


1701 


30 


Andrew, 




173 


Seeth, 


1700 


29 


Elizabeth, 


1680 


8 


William, 
Angler, 


1702 


30 


Blower, 










Elizabeth, 


1709 


41 


Anna, 

Edmund, 

Edmund, 


1688 
1693 
1724 


15 
21 
71 


Pyam, 

Boardman, 


1709 


41 


Ephraim, 


1679 


7 


Aaron, 


1718 


57 


Hannah, 


1714 


49 


Moses, 


1753 


105 


Patience, 


i722 


66 


(See Bordman). 






Samuel, 


1722 


(56 


Bolkcom, 






William, 


1743 


94 


Barnam, 


1803 


154 


Appleton, 






Bonner, 






John, 


1G99 


26 


Mary, 


1697 


25 


John, 


1730 


77 


Bordman, 




14 

32 

89 


Jose, 

Marcy, 

Margaret (see Holy 


1723 

1730 


6H 

77 


Andrew, 
Andrew, 
Andrew, 


1637 
1703 
1740 


oke, Margaret). 
Nathaniel, 
Nathaniel, 


1726 
1784 


74 
138 


Andrew, 

Elizabeth, 

Frances, 


1747 
1749 
1718 


96 

99 
59 


Balch, 






Moses, 


1752 


103 


Mary, 


1742 


92 


Ruth, 


1690 


19 


Barbel, 






Ruth, 


1740 


88 


Jacques T., 

Barrett. 


1795 


147 


William, 

Bosworth, 


1715 


51 


Elizabeth, 
Hannah, 


1785 
1754 


139 

1071 


Sally, 

Bourn, 


1810 


156 


John, 


1754 


107! 


Hezra, 


1736 


83 


John, 


1785 


139 


Bow, 






Ruth, 


1754 


107 


Sarah, 


1689 


16 


Barron, 






Bovvley, 






Peter, 


1721 


64 


Ann, 


1838 


166 



184 



INDEX. 



Bowman, 






Channing, 

Lucy [E.], 






Andrew, 


1777 


131 


1834 


165 


Bowtel, 






Chauncy, 






John, 


1674 


5 


Catharine, 


1668 


2 


Bradish, 






Charles, 


1672 


3 


Ebenezer King, 


1796 


148 


Cheney, 






Eunice, 


1742 


93 


Rebeckah, 


1747 


97 


Hephzibath, 


1735 


81 


Child, 






John, 


1741 


91 


Ana E., 


1801 


154 


Mary, 
William, 


1776 
1736 


130 

83 


Cicely, 






Brattle, 






(Black servant of 
William Brattle,) 


17J4 


48 


Elizabeth, 


1715 


51 


Clark, 






William, 


1703 


33 






Bridge, 

Samuel, 


1673 


4 


Elizabeth, 

James, 

James, 


1723 
1714 
1751 


67 

48 

102 


Thomas, 


1673 


4 


Jonas, 


1700 


27 


Brinack, 






Mary, 


1711 


44 


Polly, 


1775 


128 


Rebecca, 


1809 


156 


Browne, 






Samuel, 


1723 


67 


Barbara, 


1693 


22 


Sarah, 


1707 


38 


f. Elizabeth, 


1722 


66 


Clarke, 






Hephzibah, 


1722 


65 


Elizabeth, 


1673 


4 


Margaret, 


1722 


65 


Nathaniel, 


1686 


13 


Robert, 


1690 


18 


Cleveland, 






William, 


1722 


65 


Aron, 


1714 


50 


Bull, 






Dorcas, 


1714 


50 


John, 


1698 


25 


Collis, 






Mary, 


1740 


87 


Anna, 


1730 


78 


Bunker, 






Cook, 






John, 


1712 


45 


Abigail, 


1714 


47 


Rebeckah, 


1710 


43 


Benjamin, 


1790 


144 


Burgis, 






Elizabeth, 


1810 


156 


Elizabeth, 


1713 


47 


Eunice, 


1718 


58 


Burre, 






Eunice, 
Joanna, 


1765 
1772 


118 
125 


Dorothy, 


1703 


33 


John, 


1723 


68 


Burrill, 






John Gray, 


1809 


156 


Hannah, 


1764 


116 


Joseph, 


1739 


86 


Cane, 
Jonathan, 






Lydia, 


1765 


118 


1696 


24 


PhilUp, 
Philip, 


1718 
1736 


57 

82 


Canfield, 






Samuel, 


1731 


79 


Edward, 


1817 


159 


Samuel, 


1765 


118 


Chamne, 






Samuel, 


1785 


139 


Downintr, 


1705 


34 


Cooke, 






Champney, 

Hannah, 


1748 


98 


Samuel, 

Coolledge, 


1701 


29 


Joseph, 


1731 


79 


Mary, 


1707 


37 


Mary, 


1743 


94 


Coollidge, 






Samuel, 


1746 


96 


Joseph, 


1737 


85 


Sarah, 


1730 


77 


Rebecca, 


1750 


100 


Silence, 


1747 


97 


Stephen, 


1758 


110 



INDEX, 



185 



Cooper, 

Benjamin, 

Elizabeth, 

Hannah, 

John, 

John, 

John, 

Jonathan, 

Jonathan, 

Martha, 

Rachel, 

Samuel, 

Walter, 

Walter, 

Walter, 

Corlet, 

Elijah, 

Cragbone, 

Benjamin, 

Cutter, 

Charles, 
Elizabeth, 
Joseph, 
Mary, 
Richard, 
Richard, 
Thomas, 
William, 
Dana, 
Benjamin, 
Benjamin, 
Daniel, 
Elizabeth, 
Mary, 
Naomi, 

Danforth, 

Elizabeth, 
Elizabeth, 
Samuel, 

Darlin, 

Lydia, 
Timothy, 

Davies, 

Gershom, 

Sarah, 

Sarah, 

Davis, 

Catherine, 

Mary, 

Samuel H., 

Wendell Bayard, 
Day, 

Stephen, 



1750 


100 


1714 


50 


1732 


80 


1691 


20 


1725 


72 


1736 


82 


1760 


114 


1765 


118 


1768 


120 


1805 


156 


1718 


56 


1751 


102 


1756 


108 


1758 


111 



174 



1767 119 



1779 
1663 
1714 
1715 
1693 
1717 
1727 
1723 

1738 
1751 
1749 
1799 
1763 
1751 

1777 

1816 
1777 

1762 
1758 

1718 
1713 
1718 

1781 
1812 
1831 
1827 



16* 



134 

1 
48 
51 
23 
54 
75 
68 

86 
102 

99 
153 
115 
101 

133 
159 
133 

115 
110 

57 
47 
59 

137 
158 

165 
163 

174 



Delhonde, 



Demmon, 
Reuben, 
Sarah E., 

Dickson, 

Edward, 

Edward, 

Jane, 

John, 

John, 

Marjory, 

Martha, 

Mary, 

Ruth, 

Solomon, 

William, 

Dunster, 

Elizabeth, 

Henry, 

Ruth, 

Eger, 

Ruth, 
Ellery, 
Ann, 
Ann, 
Lucy C, 

Ellis,* 

Catharine, 

Emerson, 

Joseph, 

Epes, 

Elizabeth, 
Samuel, 

Erinton, 

Abraham, 
Ann, 

Eveleth, 

Joseph, 

Fairbank, 
Elbridge G., 
Marcus R., 

Farwell, 
John, 

Felch, 

Ruth, 

Fessenden, 

Anne, 
John, 
Margaret, 
Martha, 



1721 


64 


1721 


64 


1841 


166 


1831 


165 


1732 


79 


1825 


162 


1689 


17 


1738 


85 


1775 


128 


1734 


80 


1800 


154 


1770 


124 


1723 


68 


1720 


62 


1692 


21 


1717 


55 




175 


1735 


81 


1680 


8 


1764 


116 


1834 


165 


1832 


165 


1733 


80 


1788 


141 


1759 


111) 


1760 


112 


1677 


6 


1653 


1 


1714 


49 


1842 


166 


1842 


166 


1709 


42 


1722 


66 


1714 


48 




176 


1717 


55 


1741 


90 



186 



INDEX. 



Mary, 

Nicholas, 

Nicholas, 

Sarah, 

William, 

Fillabrown, 

Edward, 

Fillebrown, 

Anna, 
Thomas, 

Fillebrowne, 

Anna, 
Flynt, 
Henry, 

Ford, 

Elizabeth P., 
Nathaniel G., 

Foster, 

Susanna, 
Thomas, 

Fowle, 

James, 

Fox, 

Ellen, 
Thomas, 

Frances, 

Richard, 
Frost, 
David, 
Deborah, 
Edmund, 
Ephraim, 
Eunes, 
Hannah, 
Hephzibah, 
James, 
James, 
Mary, 
Pamela, 
William, 

Frothingham, 

Abigail, 
Charles, 
Hannah, 
William, 

Gardiner, 

Sarah, 

Gardner, 

Richard, 

Gibson, 

John, 
Mercy, 



1749 
1719 
1719 
1741 
1756 



99 

60 

61 

90 

108 



1798 151 



1714 
1713 

1685 

1760 

1813 
1810 

1784 
1679 



47 

46 

13 

113 

158 
156 

139 

8 



1706 36 



1682 
1693 



1787 
1753 
1752 
1718 
1732 
1767 
1719 
1770 
1812 
1770 
1787 
1728 

1777 

1829 
1806 
1801 

1743 

11766 

1679 
1837 



1687 14 



140 
105 
104 

56 

7 
120 

61 
124 
158 
124 
140 

75 

131 
165 
156 
154 

93 

119 

7 
166 



Gilson, 






Franklin W., 


1842 


166 


Godard, 






Hannah, 


1799 


153 


Thomas, Jr., 


1805 


156 


Goddard, 






Benjamin, 


1748 


98 


Benjamin, 


1759 


112 


Elizabeth, 


1786 


140 


Hepzibah, 


1836 


166 


John, 


1751 


101 


Martha, 


1737 


85 


Mary, 


1798 


152 


Mary, 


1798 


152 


Stephen, 


1820 


161 


Thomas, 


1830 


165 


Goffe, 






Anna, 


1679 


7 


Samuel, 


1706 


35 


Goodnow, 






Hariot E., 


1826 


162 


Goodwin, 






Abigail, 


1780 


135 


Esther, 


1840 


166 


Frances, 


1776 


131 


John, 


1798 


151 


Nathaniel, 


1806 


156 


Gookin, 






Habaiah, 


1690 


17 


Hannah, 


1688 


15 


Hannah, 


1702 


30 


Nathaniel, 




176 


Gookings, 






Daniel, 


1687 


14 


Gould," 






Charlotte, 


1839 


166 


Gove, 






John, 


1704 


34 


Jonathan, 


1721 


64 


Jonathan, 


1721 


64 


Mary, 


1700 


28 


Sarah, 


1721 


64 


Green, 






John, 


1691 


19 


Michelson, 


1681 


10 


Percivall, 


1684 


12 


Samuel, 




177 


Greenleafe, 






Katharine, 


1712 


45 


Grover, 






Mary, 


1720 


63 



INDEX. 



187 



Hancock, 






John, 


1776 


130 


John, 


1796 


149 


Martha, 


1712 


45 


Mary, 


1799 


152 


Mary (see Parker, 






John). 






Nathaniel, 


1719 


60 


Nathaniel, 


1755 


107 


Prudence, 


1742 


93 


Samuel, 


1716 


52 


Solomon, 


1799 


152 


Torry, 


1778 


133 


Harlakenden, 






Roger, 




177 


Harrington, 






Abigail, 


1718 


57 


Harris, 






Samuel, 


1810 


157 


Hasting, 






Elizabeth, 


1702 


31 


Sarah, 


1673 


5 


Walter, 


1673 


5 


Walter, 


1699 


27 


Walter, 


1705 


35 


Hastings, 






Robert. 


1775 


129 


Seth, 


1775 


129 


Stephen, 


1726 


74 


Hayden, 






Charles H., 


1805 


156 


Judith, 


1810 


158 


Susannah, 


1810 


158 


Haynes, 






Sarah G., 


1825 


162 


Hearsey, 






Hannah, 


1835 


105 


William, 


1803 


154 


William Porter, 


1800 


154 


Hicks, 






Bethiah, 


1708 


39 


Elizabeth, 


1730 


77 


Zachariah, 


1702 


31 


Hill, 






Aaron, 


1792 


145 


Abraham, 


1724 


69 


Abraham, 


1754 


107 


Jacob, 


1689 


17 


Jonathan, 


1775 


128 


Sarah (see Prentice, 
Sarah). 




Sarah, 


1752 


103 



Susanna, 



1792 145 



Hilliard, 

Frances, 

Julia, 

Timothy, 

Hobby, 

Anne, 

Holmes, 

Mary, 
Holyoke, 

Edward, 
John, 
Margaret, 
Mary, 

Mary, 
William, 

Hovey, 

Elizabeth, 

John, 

Sarah, 

Howe, 

Anna, 

Elizabeth, 

Hannah, 

Tabitha, 

Tabitha, 

William, 

Hubert, 

Hannah, 
James, 

Hughes, 

John, 

Hunnewell, 

Richard, 

Hunt, 

Elizabeth, 
Huntress, 

Ann, 

Ingham, 

James, 

Ireland, 

Abraham, 
John, 
Jonathan, 
Margaret, 

Jackson, 

John, 
Sarah, 

Jane, 

(Black servant 
Boardman), 



1786 
1791 
1790 

1740 

1795 

1769 
1753 
1740 
1741 
1753 
1740 

1729 
1714 
1720 

1841 
1841 
1817 

1776 
1829 
1791 

1690 
1693 

1775 

1798 

1793 

1834 

1720 

1753 
1729 

1804 
1722 

1709 
1700 



140 
144 
143 

89 

147 

122 

106 
89 
91 

106 

88 

77 
49 
63 

166 
166 
159 
130 
165 
144 

18 
23 

128 

146 

165 

63 

104 

76 

154 

65 

42 
29 



of A. 



1741 90 



188 



INDEX. 



Jenkins, 

Mary L., 

Johnson, 

Matthew, 

Jones, 

Ruth, 

Samuel, 

Sarah, 
Kern, 

Harriet, 
Kidder, 

Deborah, 

Francis, 

James, 

John, 

Joseph, 

Nathaniel, 

Samuel, 

Samuel, 

Sarah, 

Kneeland, 

Elizabeth, 
Elizabeth H., 
William, 

Learnard, 
Sarah, 

Lee, 

Thomas, 

Lenox, 

Susan F., 

Leverest, 

Mary, 

Leverett, 

Anne, 

John, 

John, 

Margaret, 

Margaret, 

Margarett, 

Littelhale, 

James, 

Livermore, 

Charles, 
Elizabeth C, 
Longhorn, 
Thomas, 

Lyon, 

Mary, 
Manning, 
Dorothy, 
Edward, 



1827 

1781 

1777 
1717 
1717 



1789 
17^5 
1714 
1736 
1725 
1789 
1718 
1724 
1738 

1821 

1826 

1788 

1745 

1797 

1837 

1699 

1708 
1708 
1724 

1702 
1716 
1720 



1828 
1805 



162 

137 

133 
55 
55 



1825 162 



142 

72 
49 
82 
72 
142 
58 
71 
86 

162 
162 
142 

95 
150 
166 

26 

39 
39 
70 
31 
52 
62 



1727 75 



163 
156 



1685 13 



1760 112 



1692 
1774 



20 
127 



Mary, 


1774 


126 


Mary, 


1788 


141 


Rebecca (see 


Pratt, 




Rebecca). 






Rebekah, 


1774 


127 


Samuel, 


1824 


162 


Sarah, 


1812 


158 


William, 


1691 


20 


William, 


1774 


127 


William, 


1778 


134 


William, 


1804 


154 


Marrett, 






Amos, 


1739 


87 


Amos, 


1747 


97 


Bethiah, 


1730 


78 


Edward, 


1754 


106 


Edward, 


1780 


135 


Hannah, 


1754 


106 


Mary, 


1744 


95 


Mary, 


1764 


116 


Susanna, 


1787 


141 


Marsh, 






Jonathan, 


1708 


39 


Hannah, 


1788 


142 


Thomas, 


1780 


136 


Mason, 






Lydia, 


1810 


158 


M^Culloch, 






Thomas, 


1817 


160 


M^Fee, 






James, 


1724 


162 


Merrick, 






Noah, 


1762 


114 


Michelson, 






Edward, 


1682 


10 


Micthel, 






Nathanael, 


1673 


5 


Mitchel, 






Jonathan, 




178 


Mixer, 






Joel, 


1802 


154 


Monis, 






Abigail, 


1760 


114 


Mooers, 

Richard, 


1752 


103 


Moore, 

Abel, 


1794 


146 


Elizabeth, 


1683 


12 


Francis, 


1671 


3 


Francis, 


1689 


16 


Luke, 


1835 


165 


Mary, 


1781 


136 







INDEX. 




189 


Morse, 






Pecker, 






John, 


1767 


120 


John, 


1741 


91 


Katharine, 


1835 


165 


Pprcnn 






Sarah, 


1739 


87 


X Cl o<JlJ, 






Susanna, 


1746 


96 


William, 


1818 


161 


Susannah, 


1815 


159 


Phillebrown, 






Mower, 






John, 


1716 


53 


Samuel W., 


1829 


165 


Sarah, 


1716 


52 


Mumler, 






Phipps, 






Susan K., 


1832 


165 


David, 


1722 


67 


Munro, 
James, 






Eliakim, 


1714 


50 


1804 


154 


Mary, 


1716 


51 


Nedam, 






Sarah, 


1707 


37 


Elizabeth, 


1691 


19 


Picket, 






Nichols. 






Abilene, 


1820 


161 


David, 
Eunice, 


1759 
1825 


111 

162 


Charles C, 
Charles F., 


1826 
1825 


162 
162 


Norcross, 






Pierpont, 






Elizabeth, 


1802 


154 


Joseph, 


1687 


13 


John, 


1802 


154 


Poaste, 






Nutting, 






Judeth, 


1682 


10 


Mary, 


1766 


119 


Pool, 






Oakes, 






Susanna H., 


1808 


156 


7 

Hannah (see Angier 


) 




Porter, 






Hannah). 






Joseph, 


1772 


125 


Martha, 


1719 


60 


William, 


1798 


151 


Urian, 


1681 


9 


Poulter, 






Oldham, 






John, 


1676 


6 


John, 


1719 


62 


Powars, 






Oliver, 






Elizabeth, 


1811 


158 


James, 


1703 


33 


Pratt, 






Mercy, 


1710 


42 


Rebecca, 


1774 


^5 


Palfrey, 






Prentice, 




John, 


1759 


112 


Caleb, 


1772 


125 


Parker, 






Elizabeth, 


1727 


74 


John, 


1712 


46 


Elizabeth, 


1749 


99 


Parsons, 

Joseph, 

Patten, 


1722 


67 


Elizabeth, 
Faith, 
Hephzibah, 
Irene, 


1775 
1742 
1742 
1791 


127 
92 
91 

144 


Nathaniel, 


1725 


72 


Jonas, 


1775 


129 


Pattin, 






Lydia, 


1758 


110 


Deborah, 


1717 


54 


Mary (see Lyon 


,Mary). 




Rebeckah, 


1736 


82 


Mercy, 


1790 


143 


William, 


1730 


78 


Nathan, 


1769 


123 


Patting, 






Nathaniel, 
Sarah, 


1723 
1736 


69 

83 


Deborah, 


1708 


41 


Solomon, 


1719 


61 


Payson, 






Solomon, 


1758 


no 


Edgar Dana, 


1842 


166 


Solomon, 


1765 


119 


Hannah, 


1844 


166 


Prentis, 






Mary E., 


1837 


166 


Thomas, 


1709 


42 



190 



INDEX. 



Prentiss, 

Abigail, 

James, 

Mary, 

Nathaniel, 

Samuel, 

Priest, 

Rebecca W., 
Rawlings, 
John, 

Read, 

Mary, 

Reed, 

Hannah, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
James, 
Lydia, 
Mary, 
Sarah, 
Thomas, 
Reemie, 

John, 

William P., 
William P., 

Remington, 
Ann(seeEllery, 
John, 
Jonathan, 
Jonathan, 
Jonathan, 
Lucy, 
Martha, 
Martha, 

Richardson, 
Raham, 
Sarah, 

Robbins, 

David, 

Hannah, 

John, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathaniel, 

Ruth, 

Robbinson, 

Sarah, 

Robinson, 

Edmond, 

Rumrill, 

Henry A., 

Russell, 

Abiffail, 



Ann) 



1825 


162 


1794 


146 


1795 


147 


1817 


160 


1795 


147 


1829 


165 


1719 


60 


1748 


98 


1788 


141 


1721 


65 


1734 


80 


1750 


100 


1770 


124 


1770 


124 


1751 


101 


1721 


65 


1776 


130 


1808 


156 


1817 


160 


1819 


161 


i669 


3 


1669 


3 


1700 


28 


1738 


86 


1743 


93 


1669 


3 


1711 


44 



1800 
1751 

1753 
1718 
1751 
1719 
1742 
1737 

1709 

1716 

1814 

1710 



154 

101 

104 

59 

102 

59 

92 

84 

41 
53 

158 
43 



Edward, 

Hubert, 
John, 

Mary, 

Sewall, 
Stephen, 
Thomas, 

Shapleigh, 

Samuel, 

Sharp, 

Elizabeth, 

Sheafe, 
George, 

Shed, 

Ebenezer, 
Elizabeth, 

Shepard, 

Thomas, 
Sinionds, 

Alice, 
Skinner, 

Mehitable, 
Smith, 

Henry, 

Samuel, 

Sarah, 

Soden, 

Hannah, 
Thomas, 
Thomas, 
William, 

Sparhawk, 

George, 
Nathaniel, 
Noah, 
Samuel, 

Sparhawke, 

Sarah, 

Sparowhawk, 

Elizabeth, 
Spear, 

Thomas, 

Sprague, 

Jonathan, 
Joseph, 
Joseph, 
Sarah, 

Staesy, 

Susanna, 

Stanley, 
Michael, 



1696 24 

1720 73 

1795 148 

1814 158 

1768 121 
1716 52 

1800 154 

1700 27 

1828 164 

1770 123 

1826 162 

178 

1806 156 

1777 131 

1720 63 
1740 89 

1780 135 

1761 114 

1750 100 

1770 123 

1769 121 

1757 109 

1734 81 

1749 98 

1713 46 

1752 104 

1692 21 

1723 69 

1764 115 

1721 64 
1738 85 
1723 67 

1703 32 

1752 103 



INDEX. 



191 



Stearns, 

John, 

Steasy, 

Thomas, 
Stedman, 

Ebenezer, 

Ebenezer, 

John, 

John, 

John, 

John, 

Lydia, 

Martha, 

Martha, 

Samuel, 

Sarah, 

Sarah, 

WilHam, 

Stiles, 

Ehzabeth, 
Stimson, 
Charles E., 
Royal W., 

Stone, 
Gregory, 
John, 

Swain, 

Susanna, 
Swaine, 

Samuel, 
Swan, 

Elizabeth, 
Sarah, 

Swann, 

John, 
Mary, 
Taft, 
Caleb, 

Tappan, 

George W., 
Mary E , 
Sarah, 

Twin children 
David, 
lor, 
John, 

Teel, 

Susanna, 

Thomas, 

Henry, 

Thompson, 
Henry, 



1775 129 



17^ 



1723 

1699 

1703 
1703 



of 



Tay 



153 



1740 


90 


1815 


159 


1678 


6 


1693 


23 


1729 


76 


1822 


162 


1740 


88 


1740 


88 


1746 


96 


1751 


102 


1740 


88 


1754 


107 


1758 


110 


1795 


148 


1828 


164 


1817 


160 




179 


1683 


11 


1768 


121 


1678 


6 



1756 108 



1796 
1796 
1799 


149 
149 
153 


1798 


151 


1683 


11 


1774 


126 


1813 


158 


1690 


17 



Thomas, 1724 71 

Thwing, 
Edward, 1753 105 

Tihon, 

William, 1820 161 

Titcomb, 

Moses, 1804 155 

Torrey, 

Mary (see Hancock, 
Mary). 
Torry, 

Ellen, 1831 165 

Hellen D., 1841 106 

Town, 
Peter, 1705 35 

Tucker, 

Ebenezer, 1824 162 

Tufts, 

Isaiah, 1773 126 

Mary, 1764 116 

William, 1773 126 

Tupper, 

William, 1825 162 

Twhing, 

Edward, 1729 76 

Twing, 

Lydia, 1685 12 

Vassall, 179 

Wadsworth, 

Benjamin, 1737 84 

John, 1777 132 

Ruth, 1745 95 

Wainwright, 

John, 1708 40 

Walker, 

Sampson, 1811 158 

Walton, 
Catherine (see Davis, 

Catherine). 

Charles, 1781 137 

John, 1823 162 

Jonthan, 1812 158 

Jotham, 1783 137 

Keziah, 1822 162 

Warland, 

Rebeckah, 1717 53 

Sarah, 1719 61 

Tabitha, 1718 56 

William, 1706 36 

William, 1727 74 





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2 


^6c 




192 




INDEX, 


&^r 








% 


7 c 


Warren, 






Wilder, 






Winslow, 


1748 


97 


Frederic, 


1828 


164 


Watson, 






WiUard, 






Abraham, 


1706 


36 


Amelia, 


1793 


145 


Ann, 


1676 


6 


Horatio, 


1793 


146 


Anna, 


1743 


95 


J. Sheafe, 


1805 


156 


Isaac, 


1742 


92 


Joseph, 




181 


Isaac, 


]772 


125 


Thomas Hollis, 


1785 


139 


Jacob, 


1724 


71 


Williams, 






John, 
John, 
Lydia, 
Mary, 


1678 
1711 

1790 

1728 


7 

44 

144 

76 


Sarah (see Phipps, 
Sarah). 

Willis, 




Mary (see Whitraore 


J 




Easter, 


1721 


65 


Mary). 






Winshiip, 






Rebekah, 


' 1690 


18 


Joanna, 


1707 


38 


Wattson, 






Winship, 






Anna, 


1718 


58 


Edward, 


1688 


15 


Weare, 






Elizabeth, 


1688 


15 


Daniel, 


1737 


83 


Joanna, 


1716 


53 


Wells, 

William, 


1831 


165 


Samuel, 

Winshipp, 


1696 


24 


Whiston, 
Emeline C, 


1802 


154 


Edward, 

Joseph, 

Rebeckah, 


1718 
1725 
1717 


58 
73 
54 


White, 






Sarah, 


1710 


43 


Abraham, 


1752 


103 


Wiswall, 






Whiteing, 






Sarah, 


1769 


123 


Alice, 
Eunice, 

Whitmore, 


1697 
1697 


25 
25 


Woodward, 

Amos, 
Wood, 


1679 


7 


Francis, 
Mary, 

Whitney, 
Abel, 


1683 
1730 

1756 


11 

78 

108 


Charles H., 

Woodmanse, 

Elizabeth, 


1840 
1675 


166 
5 


Whittemore, 

Hannah, 


1728 


76 


Woods, 

Margarit, 

XTT ■ I 


1740 


87 


Samuel, 


1726 


73 


Wright, 






Wigglesworth, 






Abel, 


1707 


37 


Edward, 


1765 


117 


Wyeth, 






Mary, 


1758 


111 


John, 


1756 


109 


Rebecca, 


1754 


106 


Jonathan, 


1743 


94 


Sarah, 


1727 


75 


Jonathan, 


1756 


109 


Sibyll, 


1708 


40 


Jonathan, 


1767 


120 


Sibeyll, 


1740 


90 


Sarah, 


1743 


94 



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